Prints

Rules of adding blossoms to leaves 葉內加花法

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Type: Prints(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1633
Accession number: 2014.7.1.14
Compiler: compiled and edited by Hu Zhengyan 胡正言(Opens in new tab) (Chinese, 1579–1674)
Dimensions: page: 9 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (24.8 x 28.6 cm.)
Medium: woodblock print; ink on paper
Description: One page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf. Two orchid blossoms and a bud added to five leaves with pointers.葉內加花法: rule of adding blossoms to the leaves; 二鳳眼: second, phoenix eye; 五護根: fifth, protecting the root; 花冝淡墨焦墨點心: light ink appropriate for the blossoms, dried (old) ink for dotting the centers.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from June and Simon K.C Li, Fong Liu, Mei-Lee Ney, and Anne and Jim Rothenberg, in honor of Steven S. Koblik
Department: Asian Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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