Three Purities

A vertical hanging scroll shows a gnarled pine branching across the upper right, with pink plum blossoms and pale bamboo rising from a rough, eroded rock. Narcissus blooms in soft washes of color fill the lower left, and an inscription with a red seal runs down the upper left.

Look closer: A red seal sits beside the vertical inscription at the upper left, near the artist's signature.

Artist

Zhang Xiong

Date

1878

Medium

hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

939 × 3400 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Reid