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35-5-169

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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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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