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Min Zhen

Elephant, Horse, and Hare

1788
album leaf, ink on paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The artist might have seen an elephant in the imperial zoo when he worked in Beijing from 1773 to 1784.

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