Monkey Offering a Qin to Scholar, by Tanomura Chikuden, 1833
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Monkey Offering a Qin to Scholar

Tanomura Chikuden (Japanese, 1777–1835)

1833

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
Image: 42 15/16 × 10 3/4 in. (109.1 × 27.3 cm) Overall with mounting: 72 13/16 × 16 1/16 in. (184.9 × 40.8 cm) Overall with knobs: 72 13/16 × 18 3/4 in. (184.9 × 47.6 cm)
Culture
Japan
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art
Credit line
Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2023
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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