IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 223163 accession number: P.18-1955 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 19 June 2018 updated: Monday 20 March 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: An illustration from the earliest Chinese book printed in colour woodblocks invented and perfected by Hu Zhengyan (1583/4-1673/4), to reproduce the effect of watercolour painting. The book comprised eight categories (8 vols, 16 parts): birds, plums, orchids, bamboos, fruit, stones, ink drawings (round fans) and miscellany. The leaves are printed on one side only; they were folded in half and glued together along the outer fold, and each image was followed by an accompanying text, in most cases a poem. This example has been taken out of its original binding, and is lacking the light green block visible in the University Library's copy (FH.910.83-98). 7/8 (IV), 14; artist Shên Hsing; seal: Shih-an title: print NOTES ----- type: history note value: Sotheby's 3 March 1955, part of lot 28 (probably from the collection of Prince Vladimir Galitzine) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/223163 TECHNIQUES ---------- colour printing TECHNIQUES ---------- woodcut CATEGORIES ------ category: print DATING ------ creation date: 1633 - 1633 creation date earliest: 1633 creation date latest: 1633 culture: 17th Century#