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Prints
Rules of adding blossoms to leaves 葉內加花法
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- Date
- 1633
- Accession number
- 2014.7.1.14
- Compiler
- compiled and edited by Hu Zhengyan 胡正言(Opens in new tab) (Chinese, 1579–1674)
- Dimensions
- page: 9 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (24.8 x 28.6 cm.)
- Medium
- woodblock print; ink on paper
- Description
- One page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf. Two orchid blossoms and a bud added to five leaves with pointers.葉內加花法: rule of adding blossoms to the leaves; 二鳳眼: second, phoenix eye; 五護根: fifth, protecting the root; 花冝淡墨焦墨點心: light ink appropriate for the blossoms, dried (old) ink for dotting the centers.
