Boats at Anchor on West Lake at the City Gate

1150–1200

Album leaf; ink and color on silk

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The depiction of the female figure playing the pipa and the scholarly male evokes an association with a romantic encounter narrated in a well-known Tang dynasty poem.

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The depiction of the female figure playing the pipa and the scholarly male evokes an association with a romantic encounter narrated in a well-known Tang dynasty poem.

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