- Date
- 1633
- Accession number
- 2014.7.1.46
- Dimensions
- book: 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 examples of orchid blossoms and buds laden stalks with descriptions: 晴: clear weather; 蕙蘭, 凢画花頭須上下 相頋方有生意: hui orchid, when painting flowers, the up and down must respond to each other, only then will there be life/vitality; 初放: recently blooming; 雨: rain.
- Credit
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from June and Simon K.C Li, Fong Liu, Mei-Lee Ney, and Anne and Jim Rothenberg, in honor of Steven S. Koblik
- Department
- Asian Art