Period:Qing dynasty Production date:c. 1735-c. 1750
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock, colour,
Subjects:bird and flower fruit tree/bush
Dimensions:Height: 37.50 centimetres (Royal mount) Width: 30.40 centimetres
Description:
Multi-colour woodblock print in ink on paper. Depicting prunus and a pair of magpies.
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![图片[1]-print BM-1906-1128-0.9-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00091775_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-print BM-1906-1128-0.9-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00254623_001.jpg)
Comments:Magpies are bringers of joy, often in the form of married bliss. They are usually depicted in pairs. When combined with plum blossom, as here, they can have sexual connotations, but can also mean ‘happiness up to your eyebrows’. In China, magpies are messengers of joy and are often shown in pairs. This print was in the collection of Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753), and belongs to the first group of Chinese prints at the British Museum.Published: Rawson (1995), Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, BMP, page 398, figure 1.
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock, colour,
Subjects:bird and flower fruit tree/bush
Dimensions:Height: 37.50 centimetres (Royal mount) Width: 30.40 centimetres
Description:
Multi-colour woodblock print in ink on paper. Depicting prunus and a pair of magpies.
IMG
Comments:Magpies are bringers of joy, often in the form of married bliss. They are usually depicted in pairs. When combined with plum blossom, as here, they can have sexual connotations, but can also mean ‘happiness up to your eyebrows’. In China, magpies are messengers of joy and are often shown in pairs. This print was in the collection of Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753), and belongs to the first group of Chinese prints at the British Museum.Published: Rawson (1995), Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, BMP, page 398, figure 1.
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