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Playing the Qin in a Secluded Valley

Wen Zhengming

Cleveland Museum of Art

A vertical rectangular painting on off-white paper. A man sits cross-legged on a rocky outcropping playing a stringed instrument. He wears a hat on his back and a simple white robe. The man sits on a cliff overlooking a valley. Behind him is a steep cliff with a thin waterfall cascading down. There are pine trees on the cliff. In the distance there are more cliffs and mountains. The cliffs are gray-brown. The painting is done in ink and colors. There are seals and calligraphy in the top-left corner. The frame around the painting is off-white.

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395 × 900 px
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