Ten Bamboo Studio Painting and Calligraphy Handbook (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu):  Fruit

Description

Color printing reached a level of perfection in the early 1600s, as seen in this Ten Bamboo Studio Collection of Calligraphy and Painting and the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting (printed 1679 and 1701). The painterly quality, precision in registering (aligning) the woodblocks, and harmonious colors made them the most successful color print editions in Chinese history. Both editions were printed and compiled in Nanjing, spread nationwide, and had a great impact on the arts in Japan and Korea.

Provenance

(Donald J. Wineman, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1984); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1984–)

Ten Bamboo Studio Painting and Calligraphy Handbook (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu): Fruit

Hu Zhengyan

1633

Accession Number

1984.45.1.5

Medium

Woodblock-printed book; ink and colors on paper; first edition

Dimensions

Open and extended: 23.7 x 27.9 cm (9 5/16 x 11 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Edward L. Whittemore Fund