# Spring Dawn over the Elixir Terrace

**Lu Guang** (Chinese, ca. 1300–after 1371)  
ca. 1369  
Hanging scroll; ink on paper  
Image: 24 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (61.6 x 26 cm) Overall with mounting: 87 1/2 x 17 5/8 in. (222.3 x 44.8 cm) Overall with knobs: 87 1/2 x 20 5/8 in. (222.3 x 52.4 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982.2.2. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42328).

## 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](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/lu-guang)

Chinese, ca. 1300–after 1371

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- Culture: China
- The artist was about 59
- Real size: about 3½ × 22 in (9 × 55 cm). The 16 × 20 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 14th century
- Movement: [Chinese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/chinese-painting)
- Subjects: Mountains, Landscapes
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

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