Night-Shining White, by Han Gan, ca. 750
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Night-Shining White

Han Gan (Chinese, active ca. 742–756)

ca. 750

Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
Image: 12 1/8 x 13 3/8 in. (30.8 x 34 cm) Overall with mounting: 14 in. x 37 ft. 5 1/8 in. (35.4 cm x 11.4 m)
Culture
China
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art
Credit line
Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1977
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed

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