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Branch of Blossoming Plum
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Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), China
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, John Stewart Kennedy Fund 1913
Title: Branch of Blossoming Plum
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Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), China.
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