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Ink painting of bamboo leaves and stems with calligraphy and red seals on a pale ground.

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Spray of Bamboo, Bada Shanren (1681), Princeton University Art Museum. Via artnap.com

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Spray of Bamboo, a painting by Bada Shanren dated 1681, shows bold ink-wash bamboo leaves and stems spreading diagonally across a pale ground. Columns of calligraphic inscription and two red seals appear at the upper left and upper right of the composition, held in the Princeton University Art Museum.

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