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Excerpt from Xie Huilian’s Prose Poem “On Snow”
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Handscroll; ink on satin, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), China
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr. 1988
Title: Excerpt from Xie Huilian’s Prose Poem “On Snow”
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Handscroll; ink on satin, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), China.
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