Shen Zhou

Distant View of Tiger Hill from the Canal Mooring, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou

after 1490
Album leaf; ink on paper or ink and slight color on paper

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Here Shen Zhou depicted the view from the canal toward the Pagoda of the Cloudy Cliff Monastery, seen from afar. The history of Tiger Hill can be traced to the State of Wu (about 5th century BCE).

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