Orchids, by Ma Lin, second quarter of the 13th century
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Orchids

Ma Lin (Chinese, ca. 1180– after 1256)

second quarter of the 13th century

Medium
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
Image: 10 7/16 x 8 7/8 in. (26.5 x 22.5 cm)
Culture
China
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art
Credit line
Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Gift of The Dillon Fund, 1973
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, 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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