Mountain Ballad, late 1500s–1636

  • Dong Qichang, Chinese, 1555-1636

Ink on silk

  • Overall: 11 7/8 inches × 28 feet 11 1/2 inches × 2 1/2 inches (30.2 cm × 8 m 82.7 cm × 6.4 cm) Image (painting 1 (text)): 9 3/8 × 34 1/2 inches (23.8 × 87.6 cm) Image (painting 2 (text)): 9 1/4 × 108 1/2 inches (23.5 × 275.6 cm)

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Wu

80.118

Running script, in characters, signed: Ch'i-ch'ang

Dong Qichang, Mountain Ballad, late 1500s–1636, Ink on silk. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Wu, 80.118.