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Egrets at the Water's Edge by Watanabe Seitei — VisualArtsDB

Egrets at the Water's Edge

Egrets at the Water's Edge

Watanabe Seitei

1877–1897

Medium: Album leaf; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: 14 x 10 3/4 in. (35.6 x 27.3 cm)
Genre: Painting
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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