Object Number | 35-5-169 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Period | Qing Dynasty |
Date Made | 1879 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Paper | Ink |
Technique | Woodblock Printed |
Iconography | Lotus Root | Lotus Pods |
Description | Woodblock print. Study of lotus seed pods. 3 color. 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 Gao Yang's "Water-caltrops, Lotus Root, and Lotus Pods". Prints 35-5-97 to 35-5-195 are from an edition printed in 1879. |
Length | 29 cm |
Width | 26 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from S. Matsumoto, 1935 |
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