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Female Figures - Du Jin - Ming Dynasty

Female Figures - detail
Du Jin
杜堇 (painted late 15th to early 16th centuries).
Women would read, write poetry, practice calligraphy and painting and manage their households.
The scroll dates from the Ming period.






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(c) Marilyn Shea, 2006, 2007