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The Peach and Plum Garden
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Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), China
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth 1986
Title: The Peach and Plum Garden
Description:
Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), China.
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