Provenance · Acquisition fund
From the Collection of A. W. Bahr, Purchase, Fletcher
This catalog gathers 21 public-domain works acquired through the From the Collection of A. W. Bahr, Purchase, Fletcher fund. Every work is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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明/清 佚名 李遠(僞款) 仿夏珪江山清遠圖 卷|Landscape -
明 佚名 風雨艤舟圖 團扇|Misty Landscape -
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南宋 佚名 泛舟柳塘圖 團扇|Boating by a Willow Bank -
南宋 佚名 洞天論道圖 團扇|Conversation in a cave -
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明/清 佚名 仿方從義 巢雲圖 卷|Miniature Landscape -
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清 佚名 傳錢選 花果草蟲圖 卷|Flowers and Insects -
清 佚名 明宣宗(僞款) 唐苑嬉春圖 卷|Spring Play in a Tang Garden -
清 佚名 摹王旦、王素、王禹偁小像圖 卷|Three Bust Portraits of Tang and Song Officials -
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元/明 佚名 古木竹禽圖 團扇|Old Tree, Bamboo, and Birds -
元 佚名 倣夏永 呂洞賓過岳陽樓 冊頁|明 佚名 呂洞賓過岳陽樓圖 冊頁|The Immortal Lü Dongbin Appearing over the Yueyang Pavilion -
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南宋 佚名 月下波浪圖 團扇|Waves in the moonlight -
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宋？ 佚名 傳宋徽宗 白頭海棠圖 卷|Chinese Bulbuls on Flowering Cherry-Apple
On provenance & the public domain
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Every work in this catalog is in the public domain; images come from the museums that hold them.