Bamboo, old tree and rock , 1338
Ink on Silk

Bamboo was another genre in which Wu Zhen excelled. This is the oldest to have survived. The tones evoke wet leaves after rain, but look closely and the bamboo leaves are all repeated calligraphic brushstrokes.
Original Size; 166.7 x 97.8 cms
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. 2012.526.1

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