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Page from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy

Hu Zhengyan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a page from a book titled 'Page from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy' by Hu Zhengyan. The drawing depicts a tree with bare branches stretching over a body of water, with some green leaves on the left side and no leaves on the right. The tree sits atop a grassy embankment. The background is a body of water on the left side and the grassy hillside on the right side. The image background color is beige. There are Asian characters written vertically on the right side. The characters are black except for two red ones at the bottom.

Artwork details

Date:
first edition printed in 1633
Medium:
ndividual leaf from a printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
599 × 513 px
Museum record:
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