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Serpent blanc et pagode chinoise

A white serpent coils around a multi-tiered pagoda in a traditional Chinese ink wash painting style, set against a backdrop of misty mountains and willow trees under a dark, rainy sky.

The white serpent of the Chinese legend of the White Snake coiled around the Leifeng Pagoda above West Lake in spring rain in brush ink, the serpent's body left as bare paper against layered grey washes, the pagoda's tiers in dry-brush strokes, willows in a few wet marks, the scene running to all four edges, no paper margin or border Voir plus

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