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Wang Jianzhang

Spring Rain Thatched Hut

1650
handscroll, ink on paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Gong Weiliu, the owner of the estate portrayed here, had received his prestigious jinshi degree in 1643, but his official career was thwarted by the collapse of the Ming dynasty the following year.

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