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Page from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy

Hu Zhengyan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beige-colored artwork with a central image of a flowering tree branch. The branch has a thick brown trunk and several thinner brown branches. The leaves are oval-shaped and green. There are several flowers on the branch, mostly yellow with five petals, and two pink flowers with more rounded petals. The background is beige with a slight yellow tint. There is a vertical column of black Chinese characters on the left side, and a red seal or stamp below them. A small circular mark is in the bottom-right corner.

Artwork Details

Date
first edition printed in 1633
Medium
Individual leaf from a printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
599 × 518 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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