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Page from Shi Zhu Zhai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Page from Shi Zhu Zhai by Qi Baishi. The image shows a traditional Chinese painting on beige paper. The painting depicts several long, thin stems with pointed tips, colored in shades of blue-green. The stems have several small branches. Some branches have small yellow flowers with five petals and orange centers. There are two red stamps on the right side of the image, one square and one round. There are several lines of Chinese characters written vertically on the right side. The background of the image is beige, with some darker beige and brown spots. The entire image is surrounded by a thick white border.

Artwork details

Medium:
Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 400 px
Museum record:
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