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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. The pages are yellowed and aged. A black line drawing of a landscape spans across both pages. The drawing depicts a body of water with a small boat containing a single figure in the lower-left. On the right side of the water is a small house and several trees. The trees are drawn in varying levels of detail. The top of the pages contain black text written in a foreign language, possibly Chinese characters. A red stamp is located in the upper-left corner. A circular stamp is located on the bottom-right corner of the right page. The background behind the book is white.

Artwork Details

Date
first edition, printed in 1679
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 487 px
Public Domain
Yes
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