COLOUR STUDY

Colour palette

#92725C
#7A5F51
#F0CEB2
#A37E60
#9C7A5F
#C9A585

Approximate colour proportions

#92725C25.1%
#7A5F5120.7%
#F0CEB218.0%
#A37E6017.4%
#9C7A5F14.5%
#C9A5854.3%

Estimated from six colour groups in the museum image, including visible paper or borders. Reproduction and lighting affect the result; these are image-area proportions, not pigment measurements.

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Image licence: CC0 · Museum record & image source ↗

China, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279) · 1127–1279

Bamboo and Ducks by a Rushing Stream

Ma Yuan

Date: 1127–1279
Medium: hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
Dimensions: Overall: 61 x 37 cm (24 x 14 9/16 in.)
Country / context: China
Movement / tradition: Chinese painting
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Attribution / role: Museum attribution
Pathway: Chinese painting ↗

ABOUT THIS WORK

Bamboo and Ducks by a Rushing Stream is a representative work in our Ma Yuan guide. The catalogue records hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk. Museum attribution. The linked artist guide places it alongside other works from the artist’s career.

Original educational overview · based on the linked museum record

Place in the artist’s career

Compare the album leaves’ intimate viewing with the larger hanging scroll. Ink and light colour on silk can describe pine branches, ducks or moonlight while leaving much of the setting unstated. The broad and overlapping dates do not establish a developmental sequence: compare format, density and brushwork rather than inventing three career phases.