View of Lake Tai, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1543, China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold-flecked paper, 9 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. (24.8 x 52.7 cm), Paintings, Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559), Wen Zhengming painted this dreamy vision of Lake Tai, China's 'Great Lake,' for a friend after their springtime boat ride together. Wen's poem reads: Islands spread out in a mirror, Like purple hibiscus immersed in a watery silver platter
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View, Lake Tai, Ming dynasty, 1368–1644, dated 1543, China, Folding fan mounted, album leaf, ink, color, gold-flecked paper, 9 3/4 x 20 3/4, 24.8 52.7 cm, Paintings, Wen Zhengming, Chinese, 1470–1559, painted, dreamy vision, Great Lake, friend, springtime boat, ride, together, Wen, poem reads, Islands spread, out, mirror, purple, hibiscus, immersed, watery, silver platter
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