Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1800-1900
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:plum blossom/tree
Dimensions:Height: 29.90 centimetres (Royal mount) Width: 47.30 centimetres
Description:
Multi-coloured woodblock print on paper
IMG
![图片[1]-print BM-1982-1217-0.189-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00248348_001.jpg)
Comments:This decorative print with pots of flowering fragrant plum blossoms, peonies and roses is full of symbolic allusions and auspicious motifs. The delicate plum blossoms that bloom in the first frosty months of the year stand for enduring hardship. Together with the bamboo and the characters for long life written on the central pot they symbolise the wish for longevity and old age. The magpies are harbingers of happiness, good news and spring. The magpie on top of the plum branch has the meaning of ‘happiness up to the eyebrows’.
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:plum blossom/tree
Dimensions:Height: 29.90 centimetres (Royal mount) Width: 47.30 centimetres
Description:
Multi-coloured woodblock print on paper
IMG
Comments:This decorative print with pots of flowering fragrant plum blossoms, peonies and roses is full of symbolic allusions and auspicious motifs. The delicate plum blossoms that bloom in the first frosty months of the year stand for enduring hardship. Together with the bamboo and the characters for long life written on the central pot they symbolise the wish for longevity and old age. The magpies are harbingers of happiness, good news and spring. The magpie on top of the plum branch has the meaning of ‘happiness up to the eyebrows’.
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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)
