Period:Qing dynasty Production date:17thC-18thC (1747)
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Dimensions:Diameter: 2.70 centimetres (Pommel) Diameter: 4.30 centimetres (Rolled scroll) Height: 95 centimetres (Image only) Height: 2 centimetres (Ribbon hanger height when displayed) Height: 156.50 centimetres (Silk mounting) Length: 68.50 centimetres (Roller including pommels) Width: 54 centimetres (Image only) Width: 63.20 centimetres (Silk mounting)
Description:
Woodblock print on paper. The scroll depicts four ladies and 16 boys playing in the snow in the garden of a mansion. In the foreground, a boy flies a kite, another one holds a pole with a carp. Behind them, a boy is setting off firecrackers, another beats a chime and a third rides a toy horse.
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![图片[1]-print BM-1926-0410-0.25-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00645788_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-print BM-1926-0410-0.25-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00585887_001.jpg)
Comments:This print is the right hand of a pair, making a continuous scene of a New Year’s eve. Recent research has led to the discovery of its counterpart in a Japanese collection. The Japanese blue paper mount of this print indicates that it was originally collected in Japan. Most prints of this kind are today preserved in Japan.
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Dimensions:Diameter: 2.70 centimetres (Pommel) Diameter: 4.30 centimetres (Rolled scroll) Height: 95 centimetres (Image only) Height: 2 centimetres (Ribbon hanger height when displayed) Height: 156.50 centimetres (Silk mounting) Length: 68.50 centimetres (Roller including pommels) Width: 54 centimetres (Image only) Width: 63.20 centimetres (Silk mounting)
Description:
Woodblock print on paper. The scroll depicts four ladies and 16 boys playing in the snow in the garden of a mansion. In the foreground, a boy flies a kite, another one holds a pole with a carp. Behind them, a boy is setting off firecrackers, another beats a chime and a third rides a toy horse.
IMG
Comments:This print is the right hand of a pair, making a continuous scene of a New Year’s eve. Recent research has led to the discovery of its counterpart in a Japanese collection. The Japanese blue paper mount of this print indicates that it was originally collected in Japan. Most prints of this kind are today preserved in Japan.
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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)
