Period:Qing dynasty Production date:c. 1735-c. 1750
Materials:paper
Technique:printed, gauffrage, woodblock,
Subjects:bird and flower
Dimensions:Height: 26.40 centimetres (image) Height: 30.20 centimetres (paper) Width: 34.80 centimetres (image) Width: 37.20 centimetres (paper)
Description:
Woodblock print. Bird on guelder rose, and inscription. Printed in colour and gauffrage on paper.
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![图片[1]-print BM-1906-1128-0.10-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00091779_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-print BM-1906-1128-0.10-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00248643_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-print BM-1906-1128-0.10-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_RFC358.jpg)
Comments:The hydrangea is called the ‘embroidered ball’ flower by the Chinese, due to its size, shape and colour. In Chinese folk custom, an embroidered ball is thrown by an unmarried woman towards a crowd of male admirers. The man who picks up the ball becomes her future husband. In some Chinese sculptures, an embroidered toy ball is sometimes also seen under the paw of a male guardian lion.
Materials:paper
Technique:printed, gauffrage, woodblock,
Subjects:bird and flower
Dimensions:Height: 26.40 centimetres (image) Height: 30.20 centimetres (paper) Width: 34.80 centimetres (image) Width: 37.20 centimetres (paper)
Description:
Woodblock print. Bird on guelder rose, and inscription. Printed in colour and gauffrage on paper.
IMG
Comments:The hydrangea is called the ‘embroidered ball’ flower by the Chinese, due to its size, shape and colour. In Chinese folk custom, an embroidered ball is thrown by an unmarried woman towards a crowd of male admirers. The man who picks up the ball becomes her future husband. In some Chinese sculptures, an embroidered toy ball is sometimes also seen under the paw of a male guardian lion.
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![[Qing Dynasty] British female painter—Elizabeth Keith, using woodblock prints to record China from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China—1915-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image-191x300.png)
