Period:Qing dynasty Production date:19thC(late)
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:mammal
Dimensions:Height: 32 centimetres (Imperial mount) Width: 58.30 centimetres
Description:
Woodblock print in ink and colour with hand-colouring on paper
IMG
![图片[1]-print BM-1954-1113-0.14-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00586530_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-print BM-1954-1113-0.14-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00651799_001.jpg)
Comments:The heroine of the opera The Red-Maned Steed is Wang Baochuan, or ‘Precious Stream’. Against the wishes of her father she marries an impoverished gardener, Xue Pingui. Family members plot to have Xue sent to the Western Regions, where he meets and weds a princess. They live together for 18 years. Eventually receiving a message (through the aid of a helpful bird) from Precious Stream, Xue contacts her and they are reunited. The inscription on the print summarises the plot. In this print, the designer placed the opera characters in a landscape setting. In 1935 the Chinese writer and director Shih-I Hsiung prepared an English-language version of the opera with the title Lady Precious Stream. It was performed in London and elsewhere to great acclaim.
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:mammal
Dimensions:Height: 32 centimetres (Imperial mount) Width: 58.30 centimetres
Description:
Woodblock print in ink and colour with hand-colouring on paper
IMG
Comments:The heroine of the opera The Red-Maned Steed is Wang Baochuan, or ‘Precious Stream’. Against the wishes of her father she marries an impoverished gardener, Xue Pingui. Family members plot to have Xue sent to the Western Regions, where he meets and weds a princess. They live together for 18 years. Eventually receiving a message (through the aid of a helpful bird) from Precious Stream, Xue contacts her and they are reunited. The inscription on the print summarises the plot. In this print, the designer placed the opera characters in a landscape setting. In 1935 the Chinese writer and director Shih-I Hsiung prepared an English-language version of the opera with the title Lady Precious Stream. It was performed in London and elsewhere to great acclaim.
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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)
