Returning home (Guitu)
2005
Medium
ink on paper
Measurements
70.7 × 140.8 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Asian Art, 2008
© Kim Hoa Tram
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
China
Inscription
stamped in red u.r.: (Buddha in meditation)
inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) u.r.: Guitu Yiyun nian xiari Yihe hua
stamped in red (in Chinese characters) l.r.: Shen shi
Accession Number
2008.123.2
Department
Asian Art
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