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"description": "Min Zhen, who was orphaned at age 12 and developed an eccentric personality, was trained by Tang Yin (1682\u20131756), a writer, playwright, and superintendent of the imperial porcelain workshops in Jingdezhen. The connection to him may have enabled Min to stay in Beijing for a decade from around 1773. It is not clear whether he ever resided in Yangzhou, but his style is in many instances reminiscent of that of Yangzhou artist Huang Shen.
The album was painted for the artist's friend Dailili Shanren in exchange for a scholar\u2019s stone. The paintings demonstrate Min Zhen\u2019s versatility and mature style in the last years of his life. This leaf, Elephant, Horse, and Hare, seems to exhibit a contest, and may be associated with the recipient\u2019s affinity to Buddhism (elephant), Confucianism (horse), and Daoism (hare).",
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"citation": "Fukunaga, Takehiko \u798f\u6c38\u6b66\u5f65, and Howard L. Rogers. Kinno\u0304, Bunjinga suihen. chiyu\u0304go (9) \u91d1\u8fb2, \u6587\u4eba\u753b\u7c8b\u7de8. \u4e2d\u56fd\u7bc7 9. To\u0304kyo\u0304: Chu\u0304o\u0304koronsha, 1976.",
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"citation": "Sotheby's, Parke, Bernet, New York. Fine Chinese Paintings. June 3, 1985 sale.",
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"citation": "Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.",
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