Photo of collection object Mending clothes by daylight — Unknown. Mending clothes by daylight, calligraphy datable to 1240s. Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 25 9/16 × 11 1/4 in. (65 × 28.5 cm). Purchase, Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Bequest, 2022, 2022.97. public-domain.

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Mending clothes by daylight

calligraphy datable to 1240s

Unknown

Asian Art

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Unknown
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Medium: Hanging scroll, Ink on paper
Locations: country: China
Period: Southern Song Dynasty
Dimensions: Image: 25 9/16 × 11 1/4 in. (65 × 28.5 cm)
Departments: Asian Art
Accession Number: 2022.97
Credit Line: Purchase, Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Bequest, 2022
Rights Statement: public-domain
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