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Treatise on Painting

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A long, rectangular piece of aged paper with visible signs of wear, including tears, discoloration, and darker splotches. The paper is light brown with darker brown and black splotches. There are several lines of black calligraphy in an Asian language. The calligraphy is expressive and varied in size. The paper scroll is hanging on a white wall with eight small round black pins, four on top and four on bottom, and a thin orange string on top. There is a red square stamp on the upper right corner.

Artwork details

Medium:
Handscroll; ink on silk
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 418 px
Museum record:
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