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Winter Journey in the North, China

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Folding fan mounted as an album leaf in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1989.363.52), catalogued by the museum's Asian Art department under the title “Winter Journey in the North”. and records its origin as China; Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

It is attributed to Zhu Yunming (Chinese, 1461–1527). The museum records the medium as Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper and the dimensions as 7 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (19.1 x 49.5 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Calligraphy. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.

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Physical characteristics

Material
Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper
Dimensions
7 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (19.1 x 49.5 cm)

Technical characteristics

Classification
Calligraphy
Maker recorded
Zhu Yunming
Period recorded
Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Culture recorded
China

Identification

Met object id
42683
Museum object name
Folding fan mounted as an album leaf
Museum object number
1989.363.52

Catalogue references

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