What meets the eye first in this Chinese landscape scroll painting is hills, mist, wild geese, rocks, stream, and green, resting on silk in green tones. For lovers of Chinese mountain landscape wall decor, the format will feel familiar and the subject fresh. The composition holds together from across the room and rewards a closer look.
Chinese viewers would read the scene at a glance: wild geese, the autumn letter-carriers of classical poetry, and a mountain stream threading the rocks. The color work is all green tones, laid on over layered ink washes with a steady hand. Scrolls were traditionally changed with the seasons; this one earns a permanent spot. It is in passages like hills that the layered ink washes really shows its quality. Hills is handled with particular care — the layered ink washes never slips into routine.
The living room's quietest wall is usually the right one. It also makes a thoughtful gift for anyone who loves Chinese art.
