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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 with a drawing of a tree branch with green leaves and red berries on a beige background. A rock formation and a tuft of grass are on the right. The drawing is in shades of gray, green, and red. There are four lines of Chinese characters and a red seal in the bottom right corner. The characters and seal are vertically aligned. The background of the drawing is beige with darker beige edges.

Artwork Details

Date
first edition printed in 1633
Medium
Individual leaf from a printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
599 × 530 px
Public Domain
Yes
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