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Page from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy

Hu Zhengyan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a page with two artworks. The artwork on the left is a still life of a white bowl containing seven yellow fruits with green skin. The bowl has a wide mouth and three short legs. The bowl and the fruits are drawn in black outlines with yellow fill and texture. The artwork on the right is a black and white abstract piece resembling smoke or a cloud with various shapes and holes. The background of both artworks is off-white with some brown spots and a faint vertical line down the middle.

Artwork Details

Date
first edition printed in 1633
Medium
Individual leaf from a printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 400 px
Public Domain
Yes
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