# Windblown bamboo, in 15th-century China

Xia Chang painted this in about 1460, aged about 62. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1460
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 80 1/16 x 23 1/2 in. (203.4 x 59.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 118 x 29 3/8 in. (299.7 x 74.6 cm) Overall with knobs: 118 x 32 13/16 in. (299.7 x 83.3 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989.235.1
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Xia Chang](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/xia-chang), Chinese, 1388–1470

1 works in the collection.

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