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Gathering Water Chestnuts

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fan-shaped artwork with a semi-circular top edge and pleated lines radiating from the bottom edge. The artwork depicts a landscape scene. A stone wall runs horizontally across the center. A tree with bare branches stands in the foreground to the right of the wall. A hill with trees rises in the background. A smaller hill or mound is to the left. A body of water is visible in the foreground below the wall. The artwork features a color palette of black, green, and red ink on a beige background. Chinese characters are written in black and red ink on the left side.

Artwork Details

Date
18th century or later, spurious date of 1706
Medium
Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 299 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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Palette