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Drawings of Historical Characters

Shang Guan Zhou

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows an open book with yellowed pages, titled "Drawings of Historical Characters" by Shang Guan Zhou. The book lies open on a white surface, with the left page blank except for a border and some small writing at the bottom, and the right page filled with dense rows of Chinese characters within a border. The pages are rectangular with a slight curve at the top. The left page has a thin black line border around the edges with a thicker line at the top. The right page has a similar border but with more intricate designs at the top-right and bottom-right corners. The text on the right page is arranged in dense rows of Chinese characters. The background is a white surface with some faint shadows around the book.

Artwork Details

Medium
Two volumes of woodblock-printed books; ink on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
599 × 487 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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