Prints

Five types of boneless orchids

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Type: Prints(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1633
Accession number: 2014.7.1.41
Compiler: compiled and edited by Hu Zhengyan 胡正言(Opens in new tab) (Chinese, 1579–1674)
Dimensions: book: 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. Five examples of boneless style orchids, each with its defined manner: 仰: facing upward; 雨: rain; 俯: bowing; 雨並頭: blossom encountering rain; 正面: frontal upright depiction.
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
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