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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 a drawing of an irregularly shaped brown rock formation. The rock formation is drawn in shades of brown and black. It has a hole in the middle and appears to be sitting on a surface with some grass or water around it. The background of the drawing is a light beige color. There is a small red square with Chinese characters in the bottom-right corner of the drawing. The page itself has a slightly darker beige border around the drawing.

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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