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Print in Western Style with Western Text

丁氏仿泰西筆意墨線版畫

1662–1735

Southeast China, Suzhou, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi reign (1662–1722) to Yongzheng reign

(1723–35)
Medium
Woodblock print; ink on paper
Measurements
28.5 x 30.3 cm (11 1/4 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2025.68
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Woodblock printing in color reached a height in China in the 1600s to 1700s. The prints were executed by means of sets of separate blocks, each carved to print a different color.

Description

In the 1600s, printing flourished in such Jiangnan cities as Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Huizhou, evolving from privately enjoyed illustrated books printed in color to more commercialized single-sheet color prints that were hung on walls and became part of the rich urban visual culture.
A square monochrome woodblock print depicts people with light skin tones in a palace interior with receding corridors and tall pillars. In the foreground, a figure on a patterned rug pulls a rope attached to a rearing horse. To our left, two figures sit by a railing; further back, another leashes a small animal to a pillar. At the top, a banner of undulating text spans the space above a tiled roof flanked by trees.

Print in Western Style with Western Text

1662–1735

Southeast China, Suzhou, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi reign (1662–1722) to Yongzheng reign (1723–35)

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