The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting, part 3, birds and flowers, vol. 2, leaf 10
Colour Woodblock Print
1701 (published)
1701 (published)
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A volume of The Painting Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, Part IV, an illustrated book designed by the painter Wang Gai and printed by the colour woodblock process, dated 1701, Qing dynasty.
Object details
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| Title | The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting, part 3, birds and flowers, vol. 2, leaf 10 (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour prints from woodblocks |
| Brief description | Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, part 3, birds and flowers, vol. 2, dated 1701; Pap, China, prints |
| Physical description | A volume of The Painting Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, Part IV, an illustrated book designed by the painter Wang Gai and printed by the colour woodblock process, dated 1701, Qing dynasty. |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Marks and inscriptions | 鸜鵒[ ][ ]烏[ ]子, 愛他霜葉色如花 |
| Credit line | Given by Miss Alexander |
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| Bibliographic reference | An English translation of the work, The Tao of Painting - A study of the ritual disposition of Chinese painting, with a translation of the Chieh Tzu Yuan Hua Chuan or Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting 1679-1701, was made by Mai-mai Sze and published in New York in 1956. |
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| Accession number | E.4780:10-1916 |
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| Record created | November 8, 2018 |
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