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Pu Ru Chinese
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The inscription reads:
Clear moonlight illuminates the jade rabbit.
His pure whiteness lights up the cold toad.
[Trans. from Ellsworth et al, Later Chinese Painting]
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近代 溥儒 玉兔圖 軸
Title: Immortal Rabbit
Artist:
Pu Ru (Chinese, 1896–1963)
Date: dated 1953
Culture: China
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: 12 9/16 x 8 in. (31.9 x 20.3 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
Accession Number: 1986.267.271
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