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Passage from Tao Qian's "Returning Home"

Dong Qichang

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fan-shaped piece of paper with Chinese calligraphy. The paper is light brown. The calligraphy is written in black ink. The text is arranged in vertical lines from top to bottom. There are two red seals, one located at the bottom left and one at the bottom right. The fan has many pleats, fanning out from a central point. The background is plain white. The title of the work is "Passage from Tao Qian's 'Returning Home'" and the artist is "Dong Qichang".

Artwork details

Medium:
Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
599 × 291 px
Museum record:
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