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Dark grey ink brushed illustrations on beige paper of people in robes seated on rock outcrops, one standing and gazing at a short, tiered pagoda. Image: Detail from Shen Zhou (1427-1509), “Thousand Man Seat,” leaf from the album Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Cleveland Museum of Art

Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou: The Nodding Stone Terrace, Tiger Hill, and the Thousand-Man Seat, after 1490. Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509). Album leaf, ink on paper or ink and slight color on paper; image: 31.2 x 42.3 cm (12 5/16 x 16 5/8 in.); overall: 36.5 x 49.9 cm (14 3/8 x 19 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1964.371.5