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  1. Orchid and Bamboo
  2. Wen Cheng-ming
  3. Ming Dynasty
  4. (A.D. 1368-1644)
  5. Hanging scroll. Ink on paper.
  6. 62 x 31.2cm
  7.      Wen Cheng-ming was 
  8. a consummate painter of 
  9. landscape, flowers, birds, 
  10. plants and insects, while 
  11. also excelling at running 
  12. script calligraphy and the 
  13. composition of poetry.  He
  14. could be described as a 
  15. classic example of the 
  16. Chinese literatus, gifted in 
  17. the realms of versification, 
  18. calligraphy and painting.