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Beauty Sleeping on a Banana Leaf
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Handscroll; ink on silk, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), China
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, From the Collection of A. W. Bahr Purchase Fletcher Fund 1947
Title: Beauty Sleeping on a Banana Leaf
Description:
Handscroll; ink on silk, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), China.
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