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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
Museum record:
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