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Lu Ji’s Essay on Literature

Wen Zhengming

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A long, yellowed scroll with black writing on it. The scroll is mostly full of rows of small black text written in Chinese characters. A strip on the bottom-right side of the scroll features four red stamps written in Chinese characters. A color reference bar for assessing image brightness is at the bottom. The background behind the scroll and color reference bar is black.

Artwork Details

Date
dated 1544 and 1547
Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 450 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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