Period:Qing dynasty Production date:c. 1690-c. 1720
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:scholar
Dimensions:Height: 29 centimetres (paper sheet) Width: 29.50 centimetres (paper sheet)
Description:
Multi-coloured woodblock print on paper. The print assembles decorative curios and scholarly items, including a zither (qin), books, a bronze vessel and a table made of hardwood.
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![图片[1]-print BM-1928-0323-0.31-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00102801_001.jpg)
Comments:The decorative curios and scholarly items in the print were all desirable objects for collectors and bibliophiles, some of which bear an auspicious meaning. During the Ming dynasty there was an expansion of urban populations, an increase in literacy and a growth of the merchant class with access to education and positions at court. At the same time collecting artefacts and curiosities became increasingly popular.YPL 29 Oct 2019Previously dated 17thC-18thC1928,0323,0.12-42 dating all changed to ca. 1690-1720 based on advice from Anne Farrer
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:scholar
Dimensions:Height: 29 centimetres (paper sheet) Width: 29.50 centimetres (paper sheet)
Description:
Multi-coloured woodblock print on paper. The print assembles decorative curios and scholarly items, including a zither (qin), books, a bronze vessel and a table made of hardwood.
IMG
Comments:The decorative curios and scholarly items in the print were all desirable objects for collectors and bibliophiles, some of which bear an auspicious meaning. During the Ming dynasty there was an expansion of urban populations, an increase in literacy and a growth of the merchant class with access to education and positions at court. At the same time collecting artefacts and curiosities became increasingly popular.YPL 29 Oct 2019Previously dated 17thC-18thC1928,0323,0.12-42 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)
