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A Colophon by Huang Tingjian
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Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on paper, China
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth 1995
Title: A Colophon by Huang Tingjian
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Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on paper, China.
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