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Page from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting

Wang Gai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two-page spread from a book, titled "Page from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting by Wang Gai". The pages are yellowed with age and have black ink illustrations. A landscape scene depicts a mountain range with trees and grasses in the foreground. A figure with an umbrella stands on the left. A building sits atop a hill on the right. Chinese characters are written in black ink at the top left, accompanied by a red seal. Numbers are written vertically along the right edge.

Artwork details

Date:
first edition printed in 1679
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 498 px
Museum record:
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