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Xu Lin Chinese
Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
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Xu Lin was a scholar-artist whose diverse talents ranged from painting to playwriting to calligraphy. This fan preserves his transcription of an ode to the beauty of rain-laden laurel flowers by the poet Chen Yuyi (1091–1138).
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明 徐霖 行書宋陳與義《雨中觀秉仲家月桂》詩 扇面
Title: Rain on Laurel Blossoms
Artist:
Xu Lin (Chinese, 1462–1548)
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Culture: China
Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold-flecked paper
Dimensions: 6 3/8 x 19 in. (16.2 x 48.3 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit Line: Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
Accession Number: 1989.363.66
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