
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Reading a sutra by moonlight
Unidentified artist
- Date
- ca. 1332
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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