Period:Qing dynasty Production date:c. 1690-c. 1720
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:footwear
Dimensions:Height: 38.70 centimetres (Paper work is hinged to) Height: 55.90 centimetres (Royal mount- portrait) Height: 28.70 centimetres (original paper) Width: 38.80 centimetres (Paper work in hinged to) Width: 40.80 centimetres (Royal mount- portrait) Width: 28.70 centimetres (original paper)
Description:
Multi-coloured woodblock print on paper. The print shows a lady hiding her lover behind her back while a maid enters her boudoir with a candle.
IMG
![图片[1]-print BM-1928-0323-0.32-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00098169_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-print BM-1928-0323-0.32-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00711820_001.jpg)
Comments:In the early Qing dynasty, there was a strong interest, especially among the urban population, in novels, opera and theatre plays. This encouraged the production of multi-colour prints with illustrations of popular literary scenes. The image is an illustration of the tale Romance of the Peach Blossom (Taohua ji).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
Subjects:footwear
Dimensions:Height: 38.70 centimetres (Paper work is hinged to) Height: 55.90 centimetres (Royal mount- portrait) Height: 28.70 centimetres (original paper) Width: 38.80 centimetres (Paper work in hinged to) Width: 40.80 centimetres (Royal mount- portrait) Width: 28.70 centimetres (original paper)
Description:
Multi-coloured woodblock print on paper. The print shows a lady hiding her lover behind her back while a maid enters her boudoir with a candle.
IMG
Comments:In the early Qing dynasty, there was a strong interest, especially among the urban population, in novels, opera and theatre plays. This encouraged the production of multi-colour prints with illustrations of popular literary scenes. The image is an illustration of the tale Romance of the Peach Blossom (Taohua ji).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)
