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Detail: Over the last forty years, the Metropolitan's collection of Chinese painting and calligraphy has grown to be one of the greatest in the world. Replete with masterpieces dating from the Tang dynasty (608–917) to the present, the collection encompasses the vast historical sweep of the brush arts of China, from serene Buddhist scriptures to bombastic court portraits to lyrical scholars' paintings.
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China ca. 750. Tang dynasty (618–907) 12 1/8 x 13 3/8 in. (30.8 x 34 cm) Handscroll; ink on paper |
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