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Washing the elephant by Traditionally attributed to Qian Xuan 錢選 — VisualArtsDB

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Washing the elephant

Washing the elephant

Washing the elephant

Traditionally attributed to Qian Xuan 錢選

1700

Medium: Ink and color on silk
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)elephantsChinese ArtanimalsbathingArtCharles Lang Freer collection

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