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Quail

Unidentified artist

Title	Quail
Artist	Unidentified artist
Medium	Handscroll; ink and color on silk
Classification	Paintings
Origin	China China
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Botanical illustration Ornithological plates

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Dated to 11th century. Explore the wider set of works from the 11th century held in the archive.

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Recorded origin: China. Browse more public-domain art from China.

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Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.

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