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Orchids

Zhang Yujian

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black vertical rectangle artwork with white illustrations and text. Two clusters of long thin flower stems with leaves and blooms are on the right side. The top cluster blooms are at the top and the bottom cluster blooms are at the bottom. The clusters are drawn with thin white lines. The top cluster curved stems extend to the top. The bottom cluster stems extend to the bottom. There are two columns of Chinese characters on the left side in white. The background behind the artwork is light gray.

Artwork Details

Date
printed 1922
Medium
Hanging scroll of polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
196 × 623 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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