Peony
Wang Wu Chinese
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Wang Wu painted this fan using the “boneless manner” (mogu fa), in which blocks of color are used to define shapes without ink outlines.
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Wang Wu Chinese
Not on view
Wang Wu painted this fan using the “boneless manner” (mogu fa), in which blocks of color are used to define shapes without ink outlines.
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清 王武 牡丹圖 扇面
Title: Peony
Artist:
Wang Wu (Chinese, 1632–1690)
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date: late 17th century
Culture: China
Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 20 1/8 in. (17.1 x 51.1 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
Accession Number: 1989.363.140
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