Two Prints: Mu Yuying Smashes the Gate of Heaven Formation; Happy Fish

Two polychrome woodblock prints joined together. The upper panel shows dense combat: armored horsemen, banners and flags, and soldiers clashing among rocky hills and clouds, with a commander on a raised platform at right. The lower panel shows a river crowded with small boats, fishermen, and a two-story pavilion beside willows, rendered in rippling, pale-gold water.

Look closer: A small figure stands in a window of the lower pavilion, looking out over the river.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1662–1722

Medium

Two polychrome woodblock prints bound along middle; ink and color on paper

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

2701 × 3400 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund