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Page from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy

Hu Zhengyan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A page with an illustration of a plant with pink and yellow flowers and green leaves on the left and a plant with white flowers on the right. The background is beige-colored paper. The flowers on the right are depicted in black and white. The yellow flower on the left has pink at the top. There are green leaves on both plants.

Artwork details

Date:
first edition printed in 1633
Medium:
Leaf from a printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 400 px
Museum record:
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