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Page from Ten Bamboo Studio - bird on plum branch: P.19-1955

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Page from Ten Bamboo Studio - bird on plum branch
Ten Bamboo Studio Collection of Callilgraphy and Painting

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Description

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: 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. This image does not appear in the Universtiy Library's copy (the finest and only extant complete copy in the original binding of what he describes as the 'second superstate' of the first edition). There is a 'bird on plum branch, but it is from different blocks. Most probably a later addition, considering the wear and missing blocks in the other of the pages at the Fitzwilliam. Artist Liu; Seal: Wên chun.

Notes

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

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1955) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: circa AD 1633

School or Style

Chinese

Techniques used in production

Colour printing
Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.19-1955
Primary reference Number: 223168
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 19 June 2018 Updated: Monday 20 March 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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