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Summer Garden

Chen Chun Chinese
ca. 1530
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Object Information
  • 明 陳淳 暑園圖 軸
  • Title: Summer Garden
  • Artist: Chen Chun (Chinese, 1483–1544)
  • Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
  • Date: ca. 1530
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 126 1/8 x 39 1/4 in. (320.4 x 99.7 cm)
    Overall with mounting: 171 x 48 3/8 in. (434.3 x 122.9 cm)
    Overall with knobs: 171 x 52 7/8 in. (434.3 x 134.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1986
  • Object Number: 1986.266.2
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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