Title: Poem on growing old
Object type: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf
Date: 16th century
Culture: China
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Artist:  Wang Ao 
Artist bio: Chinese, 1450–1524
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold-patterned paper
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (17.1 x 50.2 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY