The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 16, 2026

A Quatrain about Peonies

1736–95

China, Qing dynasty

(1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)
Hanging scroll; polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
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.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2025.24
Location: Not on view

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.
  • ?–2025
    (Christer von der Burg, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    2025–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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