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Ode on Returning Home by Qian Xuan — VisualArtsDB

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Ode on Returning Home

Ode on Returning Home

Ode on Returning Home

1300–1499

Medium: Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: 42 x 10 1/4 in. (106.7 x 26 cm) Overall with mounting: 12 1/4 in. x 13 ft. 6 in. (31.1 x 411.5 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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