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Poem on growing old by Wang Ao — VisualArtsDB

Poem on growing old

Poem on growing old

1500–1524

Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold-patterned paper
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (17.1 x 50.2 cm)
Genre: calligraphy
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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