Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1619-1633
Materials:paper
Technique:printed, woodblock,
Subjects:bamboo
Dimensions:Height: 25.40 centimetres Width: 27.20 centimetres
Description:
Design of flowers and bamboo. Made of ink and colours on paper. See BM 1970.0202.08.
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![图片[1]-print BM-1970-0202-0.7-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/43/mid_00030612_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-print BM-1970-0202-0.7-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/43/mid_00341671_001.jpg)
Comments:Rawson 1992:The peak of technical achievement in Ming woodblock illustration was the production of colour illustrations. The process, known as ‘taoban’ (‘set of blocks’), involved the cutting of a separate block for each colour (up to ten blocks, each for a different colour, might be required for a single illustration).Originally printed in sixteen parts between 1619 and 1633, this pair of openings from a late Ming edition show prunus and bamboo accompanying calligraphy. It reproduces brushwork from paintings showing the quality of brush line and the subtle gradation of colour. This is the most important of the early colour-printed woodblock books, and it is the first of the painting manuals to use colour.Bamboo is associated with scholars and with integrity. It is said that bamboo can bend in the wind but will never break, thus symbolising the scholar who cannot be broken.
Materials:paper
Technique:printed, woodblock,
Subjects:bamboo
Dimensions:Height: 25.40 centimetres Width: 27.20 centimetres
Description:
Design of flowers and bamboo. Made of ink and colours on paper. See BM 1970.0202.08.
IMG
Comments:Rawson 1992:The peak of technical achievement in Ming woodblock illustration was the production of colour illustrations. The process, known as ‘taoban’ (‘set of blocks’), involved the cutting of a separate block for each colour (up to ten blocks, each for a different colour, might be required for a single illustration).Originally printed in sixteen parts between 1619 and 1633, this pair of openings from a late Ming edition show prunus and bamboo accompanying calligraphy. It reproduces brushwork from paintings showing the quality of brush line and the subtle gradation of colour. This is the most important of the early colour-printed woodblock books, and it is the first of the painting manuals to use colour.Bamboo is associated with scholars and with integrity. It is said that bamboo can bend in the wind but will never break, thus symbolising the scholar who cannot be broken.
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