Waiting for the Moon in the Mid Autumn Festival, by Shi Rui, 1400s
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Waiting for the Moon in the Mid Autumn Festival

Shi Rui (Chinese, c. 1400-c. 1470)

1400s

Medium
handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
Painting: 27.5 x 155 cm (10 13/16 x 61 in.)
Culture
China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, Chinese Art
Credit line
John L. Severance Fund
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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