

A Page from the Jie Zi Yuan
The image shows an open book with two pages. The left page contains dense black Chinese calligraphy in a small font, and a square seal or stamp in the bottom left corner. The right page contains three large Chinese characters written in black ink. The pages are off-white with dark borders around the edges of each page, and have darker splotches throughout. The book has a white background. The title of the work is "A Page from the Jie Zi Yuan" and the artist is unknown.
Artwork Details
- Date
- first edition printed in 1679
- Medium
- Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- China
- Dimensions
- 600 × 486 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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