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Peony and Bamboo

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Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Mary Griggs Burke Collection Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation 2015
Title: Peony and Bamboo
Description:
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.

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