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Ink painting of willow trees beside misty mountains and a marshy shore, on a round silk album leaf.

Willows

A round album leaf in ink and light color on silk shows a cluster of drooping willows on the left, their trunks anchored in a low, grassy shore. Pale mountains dissolve into mist on the right, and a small red seal sits near the lower right edge.

Look closer: A tiny figure of a person walks along the far left shore beneath the willows.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1100s
Medium
album leaf; ink and light color on silk
Source
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Size
3400 × 2922 px
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Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1199).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith