Travelers on a Mountain Pass / Wu Wei
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1981/1.312
- Title
- Travelers on a Mountain Pass
- Artist
- Wu Wei
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1459-1508
- Medium and Support
- Hanging Scroll, ink and light color on silk
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1490-1508
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Wu
- Inscription
- Seals (6 seals total, 2 illegible, 4 legible): I(a). Seal just below artist's signatures is illegible. I(b). Collection seal immediately below seal I(a): Pao ch'uan, which is a pseudo seal, in the style of a Sung imperial seal. I(c). Collecter's seal at the lower left (of painting) below seal I(b): (Shang? Ch'iu?) Ch'en Ch'ung-pen shou-ts'ang-yin. (Ch'en Ch'ung-pen received a chin-shih degree in 1775.) I(d). Seal below seal I(c) is illegible. II(a). Collector's seal to the left of seals I(a)(b): Lou tung Pi Yüan chien-ts'ang, (Pi Yüan 1730-1797). III(a). Collector's seal at the lower right (of the painting): Ch'iu Fan shu-hua t'u-chang, (Pi Yüan 1730-1797).
- Dimensions
- 308.7 cm x 142.8 cm (121 9/16 in. x 56 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 15th-16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- This large hanging scroll depicts a man on a donkey traveling along a mountain pass, accompanied by two other men and surrounded by huge overhanging craggy cliffs on both the left and right sides in the background with several overlapping vertical layers.
- Subject Matter
- In this large hanging scroll, a master on a donkey travels on a mountain pass, accompanied by two servants. The overhanging cliffs on both the left and right sides in the background have several overlapping vertical layers. This, along with Wu Wei’s vigorous and flourishing brushwork, substantially enlivens the landscape and provides an impressive sense of depth.
- Primary Keywords
- cliffs
- donkey
- donkeys
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- landscapes
- mountain passes
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- rocks
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- trees
- voyagers
- waterfalls
- Secondary Keywords
- downward
- animals
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- figures
- geography
- inorganic material
- landform components
- landforms
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- landforms by shape or position
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- mammals
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- materials by composition
- mountains
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- people by occupation
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- the natural world
- travelers
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- waterscapes
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 866 x 1508
- File Size
- 130 KB
- Record
- 1981/1.312
- Link to this Item
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"Travelers on a Mountain Pass; Wu Wei." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1981-sl-1.312/1981-1.312.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
