Prints

In the manner of Zhou Tianqiu's jian orchids 臨周天球建蘭

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Type: Prints(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1633
Accession number: 2014.7.1.30
Compiler: compiled and edited by Hu Zhengyan 胡正言(Opens in new tab) (Chinese, 1579–1674)
Dimensions: book: 9 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (24.8 x 28.6 cm.)
Medium: woodblock print; ink and colors on paper
Description: One page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf. Two stalks of orchid buds and blossoms outlined amid leaves. Delicate red lines highlight the buds and blossoms with tips in light green. The leaves are colored dark green.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from June and Simon K.C Li, Fong Liu, Mei-Lee Ney, and Anne and Jim Rothenberg, in honor of Steven S. Koblik
Department: Asian Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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