Anonymous, Autumn Landscape in Blue-and-Green Style, 17th century. Ink and color on silk mounted on paper. L: 88 1/8 x W: 40 7/8 in. (223.8 x 103.8 cm). Acquired by Henry Walters, 1915. 35.3. The Walters Art Museum.

Two sages cross a bridge. In the distance are an elaborate pavilion and a tall waterfall partially shrouded in mist. The artist purposefully created an antique-looking painting, making use of the ancient blue-and-green style and incorporating the tall mountain peaks of the monumental landscape tradition. He also wanted the forms to have a structure-that may look to many of us like a combination of interesting abstract patterns.

Inscription: Spurious signature of Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322)

Provenance: Panama-Pacific International Exposition, China Pavilion, San Francisco, 1915 [no. 5]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.