Shoreline Landscape
17th century
Ink on gold-flecked paper
A traditional Chinese ink wash painting on a fan depicts a mountainous landscape with trees and water. Calligraphy and a red seal are visible in the upper left. Dong Qichang, a leading Ming dynasty painter, calligrapher, and theorist, profoundly shaped the course of Chinese landscape painting. This delicate fan painting exemplifies Dong Qichang’s mastery of literati (scholar-artist) landscape. With swift, calligraphic brushstrokes, he evoked mist-shrouded mountains, clustered pines, and winding paths that invite the viewer into an imagined retreat. Dong emphasized expressive brushwork over naturalistic detail . The painting underscores the intimate scale and poetic mood, allowing nature to unfold in the palm of one’s hand. Through restrained ink tones, Dong transformed a simple object into
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