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A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains
A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains
Wang Ximeng · 1113 · Palace Museum, Beijing
An 11.9-meter Song handscroll painted in mineral blue and green by a student of eighteen who died shortly after. Hardly exhibited even in China because of the fragility of its malachite and azurite pigments.