# Emperor Xuanzong's flight to Shu, in China

An unrecorded China artist painted this in the mid-12th century. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: mid-12th century
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
- Dimensions: Image: 44 3/4 × 32 5/8 in. (113.7 × 82.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 95 1/2 × 54 in. (242.6 × 137.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 57 1/2 × 95 1/2 in. (146.1 × 242.6 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 41.138
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

Unrecorded Chinese maker

## Walk on

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