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Weiqi Players

ca. 1644–1753

Not on view

This print features a scene of two weiqi (go in Japanese) players in a garden that is ingeniously set in a pomegranate-shaped frame. This graphic device recalls late Ming (1368–1644) woodblock illustrations of popular novels and plays. Weiqi, a traditional pastime for scholars, gained popularity during the Ming dynasty, as the many Ming-dated weiqi manuals suggest.

Weiqi Players, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, China — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Xia weiqi

Title: Weiqi Players

Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Date: ca. 1644–1753

Culture: China

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions: Image: 10 9/16 x 11 7/16 in. (26.9 x 29 cm)
Overall: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.7 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: On loan from the British Museum-Bequeathed by Sir Hans Sloane

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