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A Quatrain about Peonies

牡丹⽩絕句

1736–95

China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign

(1736–95)
Medium
Hanging scroll; polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Measurements
Print only: 109.6 x 52.3 cm (43 1/8 x 20 9/16 in.); Overall: 198 x 64.6 cm (77 15/16 x 25 7/16 in.); with knobs: 198 x 71 cm (77 15/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2025.24
Public Domain
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Description

Woodblock printing in color reached its height in China in the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries. It was executed by means of sets of separate blocks, each carved to print a different color.

A Quatrain about Peonies

1736–95

China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)

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