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35-5-158

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 35-5-158
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Qing Dynasty
Date Made 1879
Section Asian
Materials Paper | Ink
Technique Woodblock Printed
Iconography Fungi | Rocks
Inscription Language Chinese Language
Description

Woodblock print. Illustration from the "Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)" a manual for artists, first printed circa 1633 by Hu Zhengyan (1582 - 1672). After Hu Zhengyan's "Lingzhi Fungus amidst Grass and Rocks". Signed "Hu Zhengyan xie". Prints 35-5-97 to 35-5-195 are from an edition printed in 1879. Fungi growing out of ground among rocks. Inscription of 4 characters above. 3 color.

Length 30 cm
Width 26 cm
Credit Line Purchased from S. Matsumoto, 1935

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