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Bian Shoumin

Album of Calligraphy and Paintings

first half of the 1700s
album leaf; ink and color on paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The artist Bian Shoumin is known for his depiction of wild geese, water, and reeds. The migrant birds in autumn and winter evoked, in the minds of the Chinese intelligentsia, a time of parting and sorrow.

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