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Rock, Tiger Lily and Orchid

Unidentified

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A painting on light brown paper with darker brown border. A grouping of jagged gray rocks sits on a light brown ground to bottom center. A plant with thin green stem and red, orange and yellow star shaped flowers sprouts from behind the rocks on the left. A green object resembling a bug or a leaf floats in air to upper right. Black Chinese calligraphy on vertical axis to upper left, and four red stamps of Chinese characters, two to lower corners and two to upper left.

Artwork Details

Date
dated 1627
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
329 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
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