River Landscape, c. 1300, 10 1/8 x 64 in. (25.72 x 162.56 cm), Ink on silk, China, 13th-14th century, This handscroll opens to present a panorama of riverbanks with a pine-shaded country villa on the right. An elderly gentleman is receiving a visitor. A traveler rides on donkey back along twisted footpaths and open bridges, his servant following him. Across the river, the rolling hills present a vista that curves to the left, as if drifting between sky and water.