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Orchids in Rain, after Wen Zhengming, Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Collection of Calligraphy and Painting, vol. 2

After Wen Zhengming Chinese

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The model for this print, according to the inscription, was a painting by Wen Zhengming (1470–1559), a leading artist active in Suzhou. Printed from a worn eighteenth-century block, it shows broken lines and blurred contours.

Orchids in Rain, after Wen Zhengming, Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Collection of Calligraphy and Painting, vol. 2, After Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559), Woodblock print; black ink on paper, China

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