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Poem
Wen Zhengming1470-1559
Asian Art Museum
San Francisco, United States
明代文徵明書瞴粷疠春疗文扇梞港箋紙墨綎
In Suzhou and other cities, elegant folding fans with calligraphy on one side and paintings on the other were given by one member of the wealthy educated elite to another. In this work on gold-surfaced paper Wen Zhengming describes some of the special joys of the days at the end of winter and the beginning of spring.
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- Title: Poem
- Creator: Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470 - 1559) (Artist)
- Date Created: 1470-1559
- Physical Dimensions: H. 7 1/2 in x W. 20 1/2 in, H. 19.1 cm x W. 52.2 cm (image); H. 13 in x W. 23 3/4 in, H. 33 cm x W. 60.3 cm (overall)
- Rights: Public Domain
- Medium: Ink on gold-flecked paper
- Credit Line: Asian Art Museum, Gift of Marjorie Bissinger, B79D23
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