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清 虛谷 蝶貓圖 軸, Cat and Butterfly, Xu Gu, 19th century
清, 虛谷, 蝶貓圖, 軸, Cat and Butterfly, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century, China, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, 52 1/2 x 25 3/4 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Xu Gu (Chinese, 1823–1896), Zhu Xubai joined the Imperial Army in 1851, but finding that his sympathies lay with the Taiping, he deserted and became a monk, taking the name Xu Gu. Alienated and without roots, he traveled between Yangzhou, Suzhou and Shanghai selling his paintings
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