# Ink Bamboo

- Date: 1200s
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink on silk
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Image: 91.2 x 39.8 cm (35 7/8 x 15 11/16 in.); Overall: 172.7 x 57.2 cm (68 x 22 1/2 in.)
- Culture: China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
- Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.138)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1982.138/1982.138_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This deceptively simple composition features two upright stalks of bamboo with leafy stems extended to fill the silk. The painter sensitively balanced ink tones and brushstrokes. The leaves that cross in front of other leaves are outlined in clear silk.