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Page from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy

Hu Zhengyan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A page from a book is shown with beige background with darkened edges. There are gray and black brush strokes of a plant on the bottom right. A single line divides the beige background down the center of the page vertically. There are four lines of Asian text with a red square next to it on the bottom left side. A plant with leaves and berries is on the top left. The plant on the right has a cluster of curved lines extending from the base to the top right. There are dark spots on the surface of the beige background.

Artwork details

Date:
first edition printed in 1633
Medium:
Individual leaf from a printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
599 × 527 px
Museum record:
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