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Illustrated by Cai Chonghuan Chinese
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明 蔡冲寰繪圖、黃鳳池出版 《六言唐詩畫譜》 木刻書 (1); 明 蔡冲寰繪圖、黃鳳池出版 《草本花詩譜》 木刻書 (2)
Title: Illustrated Six-Character Poems of the Tang Dynasty, one volume of Eight Kinds of Painting Manuals (vol. 1); Illustrated Poems of Plants and Flowers, one volume of Eight Kinds of Painting Manuals (vol. 2)
Artist:
Illustrated by Cai Chonghuan (Chinese, active early 17th century)
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Date: dated 1621, first edition
Culture: China
Medium: Two volumes of woodblock-printed books; ink on paper
Dimensions: 11 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (30.2 x 20 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1924
Object Number: CIB9a, b
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