Spring Dawn over the Elixir Terraceca. 1369
Lu Guang painted this in about 1369, aged about 59. It is now at The Met in New York. More about this work
About this work
Lu Guang painted this in about 1369, aged about 59. It is now at The Met in New York.
How it was made
- Hanging scroll
- A painting mounted on silk with a wooden roller at the foot. It was rolled up for storage and brought out to hang for a season, a guest or an occasion.
- Ink on paper
- Ink made from soot and animal glue, ground with water on an inkstone. A single brush can give a hair-fine line or a broad wash, and nothing can be corrected.
Lu Guang
Chinese, ca. 1300–after 1371
Chinese painting
Ink and colour on silk and paper, from imperial courts to scholars' retreats.
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The Met has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 1982.2.2
- Credit
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Type
- Paintings
- Department
- Asian Art
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
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