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The Gateway Character “Lotus” by Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen Ryūki) — VisualArtsDB

The Gateway Character “Lotus”

The Gateway Character “Lotus”

Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen Ryūki)

1663–1664

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 12. × 28 3/8 in. (30.5 × 72 cm) Overall with mounting: 54 1/2 × 31 9/16 in. (138.5 × 80.2 cm)
Genre: calligraphy
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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