Medallion with Return from a Spring Outing, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), late 16th–early 17th century, China, Ivory, H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Ivories, The richly carved scene of a scholar gentleman riding in a moonlight landscape is also found in Chinese paintings dating to the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The scholar is riding on horseback while four young attendants carry his supplies and a fifth hastens to open the gate to the family compound
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Medallion, Return, Spring Outing, Ming dynasty, 1368–1644, late 16th–early 17th century, China, Ivory, H, 1 1/4, 3.2 cm, Diam, 3, 8.3, Ivories, richly, carved, scene, scholar gentleman, riding, moonlight landscape, Chinese paintings, dating, sixteenth, early seventeenth, centuries, scholar, horseback, four young, attendants, carry, supplies, fifth hastens, open, gate, family compound
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