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Page from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy

Hu Zhengyan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beige paper with a drawing of two tree branches with pink flowers. The top branch has a few flowers and small leaves. The bottom branch has more flowers and two thick, curved sections of trunk. There are black, Chinese characters on the left side of the paper. A red seal stamp is below the characters. A small, circular seal stamp is on the bottom right. The background of the paper is beige with some darker spots.

Artwork details

Date:
first edition printed in 1633
Medium:
Individual leaf from a printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 530 px
Museum record:
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