Orchids and Rock, 蘭蕙同芳図, Muromachi period (1392–1573), late 14th–early 15th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, 39 9/

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Orchids and Rock, 蘭蕙同芳図, Muromachi period (1392–1573), late 14th–early 15th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, 39 9/16 x 13 1/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Gyokuen Bonpō (Japanese, ca. 1348–after 1420), In the final stroke of the smoothly inflected brush line, the semicursive calligraphy of Bonpō’s inscription is visually united with the expansive rendering of the orchid’s supple leaves and fragile blossoms

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