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

1633
printed by

Hu Zhengyan

(Chinese, c. 1584–1674)
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Woodblock-printed book; ink and colors on paper; first edition
Open and extended: 23.7 x 27.9 cm (9 5/16 x 11 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1984.45.1
Location: Not on view

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.
  • ?–1984
    (Donald J. Wineman, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1984–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Edgren, Sören, Tsuen-hsuin Tsien, Fangyu Wang, and Wango H. C. Weng. Chinese Rare Books in American Collections. New York: China House Gallery, China Institute in America, 1984. cat. no. 35
    Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1984.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 2, 1985, pp. 163–207. Mentioned: p. 207, no. 177 www.jstor.org
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