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Fishing Village at Sunset

  • By Muqi
  • China Southern Song dynasty, 13th century
  • Hanging scroll; ink on paper
  • h: 33.0cm w: 112.6cm
  • [10390]

This landscape of a fishing village at dusk shows a splendid use of the diverse effects possible in ink painting. This is a masterpiece by Muqi, a Zen priest-painter of late Southern Song dynasty.

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