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Flowers in Gourd by Shibata Zeshin — VisualArtsDB

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Flowers in Gourd

Flowers in Gourd

Flowers in Gourd

1867–1891

Medium: Fan painting mounted as album leaf; tempera on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 13 x 23 5/8 in. (33 x 60 cm) Image: 7 1/4 x 20 1/8 in. (18.4 x 51.1 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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