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Wang Gai

Orchids, Butterfly, and Rock (Jiezi yuan hua zhuan), possibly printed in 1701

Description

Maker

  • Wang Gai
  • Wang Shi
  • Wang Nie, ca. late 17th–early 18th century, Chinese, editors and compiliers

Culture

Chinese

Title

Orchids, Butterfly, and Rock (Jiezi yuan hua zhuan)

Year

possibly printed in 1701

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Identification

Edition

Soren Edgren suggested that this page might be from the 1701 edition of the Mustard Seed Garden Manual (10/01/2005).

Place

China

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.610

Projects & Publications

Publications

Feathers, Flowers, Talons, and Fangs

Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints
Read Online

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs

February 2 - June 10, 2007

Insect Prints and Insects

February 14 - May 25, 1986

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Orchids, Butterfly, and Rock (Jiezi yuan hua zhuan) with the accession number of 34.610. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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