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Chinese Scholar Contemplating a Waterfall
Soga Shōhaku, late18th–early 19th century
- Artist
- Soga Shōhaku (Japanese, 1730–1781)
- Date
- late18th–early 19th century
- Culture or place
- Japan
- Medium
- Two-panel folding screen; ink and gold on paper
- Size
- Image: 61 3/4 x 68 3/8 in. (156.8 x 173.7 cm)
- Type
- Paintings
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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