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Page from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting

Wang Gai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A traditional Chinese ink painting on aged paper. A landscape scene with a tree on a rocky outcropping to the left, and a body of water with more rocks and cliffs in the background to the right. A red seal stamp is on the left side of the painting. Chinese calligraphy characters are written vertically on the upper left side of the painting.

Artwork Details

Date
first edition printed in 1679
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 491 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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