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Returning Home in a Driving Rain

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Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), China
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase The Dillon Fund Gift 1982
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Title: Returning Home in a Driving Rain
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Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), China.

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