Scholar admiring plum blossoms

Colors in this work

Artist: Unidentified artist
Date: 13th century
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 37 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (94.6 x 29.2 cm) Overall with mounting: 71 x 16 1/8 in. (180.3 x 41 cm) Overall with knobs: 37 1/4 x 18 in. (94.6 x 45.7 cm)
Origin: China
Department: Asian Art
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Aged Bronze Brown · Brown family · #71563A · 52%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C49C69 · 19%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B28A57 · 10%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #4E3F32 · 8%

Lampblack · Black family · #0C0907 · 5%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #946943 · 2%

Lampblack · Black family · #0A0809 · 2%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #C1A56B · 1%

Oiled Oak · Brown family · #895A34 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3C322A · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #9F6939 · <1%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #554C44 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #483A3B · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #56503A · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #393B33 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #423B3D · <1%

Aged Bronze Brown · Brown family · #67504D · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B59B85 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1988

8 tags

Landscapes Both · 99%

Mountains and a vertically organized natural landscape are clearly visible, and the catalog lists Mountains and Landscapes as subjects.
Flora Both · 90%

Branching vegetation and flowering-looking branches are visible, while the catalog title identifies plum blossoms.
Human Figure Metadata · 82%

The catalog title identifies the subject as a scholar admiring plum blossoms; the figure is too faint to verify confidently in every area of the image.

Traditional Scroll Painting Both · 99%

The object is visibly an elongated hanging scroll, and the catalog classifies it as a hanging scroll with ink and color on silk.
Painting Both · 100%

The object is visibly a painting, and the catalog classifies it as Paintings.
East Asian Ink-and-Wash Painting Both · 92%

Ink contours and tonal washes structure the mountains, rocks, and trees; the catalog specifies ink and color on silk.

1000 - 1400 CE Art Metadata · 100%

The catalog dates the work to the 13th century, within the 1000–1400 CE period.

Unidentified artist. Scholar admiring plum blossoms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.