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Page from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy

Hu Zhengyan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beige-colored rectangular paper with darker beige and gray stains and darker gray shading. A large irregularly shaped dark gray area is on the center and right. A dark vertical line runs through the middle. Several small scattered dark gray spots are on the upper and lower left. A red square mark with characters inside is on the lower right corner. Black scribbles are on the bottom and left of the gray area.

Artwork details

Date:
first edtion 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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