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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
Public Domain
Yes
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