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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
Public Domain
Yes
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