A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains

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Painting · 1113 · Kaifeng · Asia

A nearly 12 m blue-green scroll painted by an 18-year-old artist

Author: Wang Ximeng
Style: Song landscape painting — Mountains dwarf people: monumental ink landscape as an image of cosmic order
Century: 12th century

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