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

十竹齋書畫譜

1633
printed by

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言

(Chinese, c. 1584–1674)
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Culture
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Medium
Woodblock-printed book; ink and colors on paper; first edition
Measurements
Open and extended: 23.7 x 27.9 cm (9 5/16 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1984.45.2.9
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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.
A vertical book features a muted sage-green cover of woven fabric, aged with pale, organic-shaped spots. On the left, a long paper label bordered in black contains vertical calligraphic characters that taper and swirl above two small square red seals. The composition highlights the contrast between the textured cloth and the stark white label, centered against a neutral gray background.

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

1633

Hu Zhengyan

(Chinese, c. 1584–1674)
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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