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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 34 (1999)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 34

"Image as Word: A Study of Rebus Play in Song Painting (960–1279)"

Bai, Qianshen

1999

16 pages

This title is out of print.

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About the authors

Qianshen Bai

Met Art in Publication

Gibbons Raiding an Egret's Nest, Unidentified artist Chinese, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk, China — Gibbons Raiding an Egret's Nest
Unidentified artist
Yi Yuanji
late 12th century

Gibbons and Deer, Unidentified artist Chinese, 13th century, Album leaf; ink and color on silk, China — Gibbons and Deer
Unidentified artist

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