Anchorage on a rainy night

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Artist: Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509)
Date: dated 1477
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image (painting): 31 1/2 × 13 1/4 in. (80 × 33.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 84 × 19 3/4 in. (213.4 × 50.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 84 × 22 5/8 in. (213.4 × 57.5 cm) Image (colophon sheet): 12 × 13 1/4 in. (30.5 × 33.7 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Gift of Marie-Hélène and Guy Weill, 2015
Accession no.: 2017.327.1

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.