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View of Lake Tai by Wen Zhengming — VisualArtsDB

View of Lake Tai

View of Lake Tai

1543

Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold-flecked paper
Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. (24.8 x 52.7 cm)
Genre: Painting
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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