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Title
Scholars playing Chinese chess
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 17th-19th century
Publication Information
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Conservation at the Williamson Gallery
Rights Information
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Description
Hanging scroll painting by an unknown Chinese artist of Chinese scholars playing a game of go (Ch. weiqi) in a rocky landscape shadowed by the branches of a pine tree.
Type
image
Format
Paint on silk
65 1/8 in. x 33 1/4 in. (165.4 cm x 84.53 cm)
100 3/4 in. x 40 3/16 in. (256 cm x 102.1 cm)
image/jp2
Identifier
XX.1.19
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cat/id/23
Subject
Scrolls, Chinese
Art objects-Conservation and restoration
Scholars
Chinese chess
Boulders
Trees
Relation
Conservation at the Williamson Gallery - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cat

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