Period:Qing dynasty Production date:c. 1735-c. 1750
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock, colour,
Subjects:flower
Dimensions:Height: 23.80 centimetres (image) Height: 29.40 centimetres (paper) Width: 31.30 centimetres (image) Width: 36.60 centimetres (paper)
Description:
Multi-colour woodblock print in ink on paper. A woven basket filled with a flower arrangement of magnolia and crabapple, and a red peony as the centrepiece. The ribbon attached to the basket’s handle seems to be afloat in a gentle breeze.
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![图片[1]-print BM-1906-1128-0.3-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00035493_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-print BM-1906-1128-0.3-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00091763_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-print BM-1906-1128-0.3-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00510345_001.jpg)
Comments:In China, the peony is considered the queen of flowers and stands for beauty and prosperity. Prints of this kind were probably presented as gifts in the form of single sheets or sets conveying good wishes for happiness, long life, wealth, many descendants, and career success. Published: Binyon 1916; Goepper 1973, 39; Fribourg 1964, 324; Vedlich 1979, 64.
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock, colour,
Subjects:flower
Dimensions:Height: 23.80 centimetres (image) Height: 29.40 centimetres (paper) Width: 31.30 centimetres (image) Width: 36.60 centimetres (paper)
Description:
Multi-colour woodblock print in ink on paper. A woven basket filled with a flower arrangement of magnolia and crabapple, and a red peony as the centrepiece. The ribbon attached to the basket’s handle seems to be afloat in a gentle breeze.
IMG
Comments:In China, the peony is considered the queen of flowers and stands for beauty and prosperity. Prints of this kind were probably presented as gifts in the form of single sheets or sets conveying good wishes for happiness, long life, wealth, many descendants, and career success. Published: Binyon 1916; Goepper 1973, 39; Fribourg 1964, 324; Vedlich 1979, 64.
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