Tiger-Flight Spring at the Back Gate, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou

Shen Zhou’s ‘Tiger-Flight Spring at the Back Gate, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou’ was created after 1490. The work uses ink on paper or ink and slight color on paper. It captures a Ming dynasty landscape.

The artwork measures an album leaf, typical for such pieces. It is executed in ink and slight color on paper, a common medium for Shen Zhou’s time.

Shen Zhou was a prominent figure of the Ming dynasty. He was known for his landscape paintings, which often conveyed a poetic sense of nature.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio. https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.371.10