Period:Qing dynasty Production date:c. 1690-c. 1720
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Dimensions:Height: 37 centimetres (Paper work is hinged to) Height: 55.90 centimetres (Royal mount- Portrait) Height: 26.90 centimetres (original paper) Width: 38.80 centimetres (Paper work is hinged to) Width: 40.70 centimetres (Royal mount Portrait) Width: 29 centimetres (oringal paper)
Description:
Multi-coloured woodblock print on paper. This image shows scholars playing weiqi in a garden. The scene is framed in the shape of a pomegranate.
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![图片[1]-print BM-1928-0323-0.42-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00098158_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-print BM-1928-0323-0.42-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00711822_001.jpg)
Comments:Weiqi had been played in China since at least the 3rd century. Like calligraphy, poetry and painting, it was one of the leisurely pursuits of educated gentlemen and retired officials. The many weiqi manuals written in the Ming dynasty indicate its increasing popularity. This decorative sheet print belongs to a group of prints from the former collection of Sir Hans Sloane, who bequested them to the British government in 1753. Nine prints from his collection are included in the exhibition The Printed Image in China (see cat. 24-9).YPL 29 Oct 2019Previously dated 1644-17531928,0323,0.12-42 dating all changed to ca. 1690-1720 based on advice from Anne Farrer
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Dimensions:Height: 37 centimetres (Paper work is hinged to) Height: 55.90 centimetres (Royal mount- Portrait) Height: 26.90 centimetres (original paper) Width: 38.80 centimetres (Paper work is hinged to) Width: 40.70 centimetres (Royal mount Portrait) Width: 29 centimetres (oringal paper)
Description:
Multi-coloured woodblock print on paper. This image shows scholars playing weiqi in a garden. The scene is framed in the shape of a pomegranate.
IMG
Comments:Weiqi had been played in China since at least the 3rd century. Like calligraphy, poetry and painting, it was one of the leisurely pursuits of educated gentlemen and retired officials. The many weiqi manuals written in the Ming dynasty indicate its increasing popularity. This decorative sheet print belongs to a group of prints from the former collection of Sir Hans Sloane, who bequested them to the British government in 1753. Nine prints from his collection are included in the exhibition The Printed Image in China (see cat. 24-9).YPL 29 Oct 2019Previously dated 1644-17531928,0323,0.12-42 dating all changed to ca. 1690-1720 based on advice from Anne Farrer
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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)
