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Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) 芥子園畫傳

Wang Gai 王槩

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Open book with two pages side by side. Pages are yellowed and aged. Black lines forming a rectangle border the pages. Inside the rectangle are several curved black lines of varying lengths. Some lines are thicker and darker than others. Small black Chinese characters are scattered throughout the pages. A block of densely packed characters is at the top right of the right page. The background behind the book is light gray.

Artwork Details

Date
1800
Medium
Set of four woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
599 × 400 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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