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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 beige background and darker beige border. A black and white drawing of a plant with a thick, abstract base and a long branch with flowers on it. The base of the plant extends from the bottom left to center. The branch with flowers extends up and to the right from the base. The flowers have white petals and centers with black details. A vertical line of foreign writing in black ink is on the right side. One character in the line is red. A yellow half-circle is in the top left corner. A circular, light brown stamp is in the bottom right corner.

Artwork Details

Date
first edition printed in 1633
Medium
Individual leaf from a printed book; ink and color on pape
Culture
China
Dimensions
599 × 520 px
Public Domain
Yes
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