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Page from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting

Wang Gai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Open book with two pages showing a black and white drawing of a landscape. The drawing depicts a body of water with a pagoda-style structure on the left side, connected to the shore by a bridge. On the right side of the image, there are trees and a house. In the background, there is a large cliff or mountain. The pages of the book are yellowed and have some stains and marks on them. There is Chinese writing in the top-left corner of the left page. The book appears to be old and worn.

Artwork Details

Date
first edition printed in 1679
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 492 px
Public Domain
Yes
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