The Hundred Geese
Artist
Anonymous (China)
Attributed to
Ma Fen
(China)
Date13th century
GeographyChina
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 17 11/16 × 227 15/16 in. (45 × 579 cm)
painting: 13 3/4 x 182 11/16 in. (35 x 464 cm)
painting: 13 3/4 x 182 11/16 in. (35 x 464 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Anna Rice Cooke, 1927 (2121)
Object number2121
DescriptionTraditionally attributed to Ma Fen, 12th century, but possibly by an artist of the 14th-15th century. Painting shows one hundred geese in a reedy, marshy landscape: flying, fighting, and brooding. Ink on Kung Chuan Chih, or “Tribute Stream Paper”.On View
Not on viewCollections
Utagawa Hiroshige
c. 450-520 A.D.