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Three Bust Portraits of Tang and Song Officials

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A scroll painting divided into three sections. The left section contains dense rows of black handwritten text on a mottled brown background. The middle section features a beige background. The right section depicts a bust portrait of a man. He wears a black hat with earflaps folded up, a reddish-brown garment, and has a long white goatee. Black text runs vertically along the right edge.

Artwork details

Medium:
Handscroll; (1) ink and color on paper; (2,3) ink and color on silk
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
598 × 283 px
Museum record:
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