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Chen Hongshou

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Chrysanthemum and Rock

1598–1652
album leaf, ink and color on silk

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Chrysanthemums evoke the poet Tao Yuanming (365–427 CE) who turned down a government career during a fraught political era.

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