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Viewing plum blossoms by moonlight by Ma Yuan — VisualArtsDB

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Viewing plum blossoms by moonlight

Viewing plum blossoms by moonlight

Viewing plum blossoms by moonlight

1200–1233

Medium: Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 9 7/8 × 10 1/2 in. (25.1 × 26.7 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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