IDENTIFIERS
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id:	223167
accession number:	P.17-1955

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Tuesday 19 June 2018
updated:	Monday 20 March 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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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. 5/6 (III), 18; seal: Wên chung
title:	print

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Sotheby's 3 March 1955, part of lot 28 (probably from the collection of Prince Vladimir Galitzine)


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/223167





TECHNIQUES
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colour printing
TECHNIQUES
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woodcut

CATEGORIES
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category: print

DATING
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creation date:	1633 - 1633
creation date earliest:	1633
creation date latest:	1633
culture:	17th Century#