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Searching the Mountains for Demons
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Handscroll; ink and color on paper, Ming (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911), China
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennett 1991
Title: Searching the Mountains for Demons
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Handscroll; ink and color on paper, Ming (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911), China.
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