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Orchid on Rocks

1700s

China, Qing dynasty

(1644-1911)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Overall: 29 x 25 cm (11 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1941.283
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Not on view
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This print is from the Mustard Seed Garden Painter's Manual.
A horizontal color woodblock print depicts an orchid sprouting from a mottled, pinkish gray rock above dark green grass. Long, slender leaves in varied greens arch toward the right, while pale yellow flowers with red spots bloom from behind the stone. To the right, a vertical column of Chinese calligraphy is printed in black ink (see "Inscriptions"). Curving strokes define the splaying foliage, balancing the textured rock in the lower left.

Orchid on Rocks

1700s

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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