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Page from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting

Wang Gai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white landscape painting on old parchment of rocky hillside with vegetation and two people. A man sits atop a rock on right. A man looks up at the seated man from below on left. Two red stamps left of top center. Black text right of stamps. Creased vertically down center.

Artwork details

Date:
first edition, printed in 1679
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 493 px
Museum record:
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