Print

Unknown artist

1879

Paper | Ink; Woodblock Printed

Penn Museum

A woodblock print depicts a branch with leaves, one ripe pomegranate, and two unripe pomegranates. The ripe fruit is a pale orange with pink accents, while the unripe fruits are green with red speckles. A woodblock print depicts a branch with leaves, one ripe pomegranate, and two unripe pomegranates. The ripe fruit is a pale orange with pink accents, while the unripe fruits are green with red speckles. Woodblock print. Three pomagranates on a branch. 4 color. Illustration from the "Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)" a manual for artists, first printed circa 1633 by Hu Zhengyan (1582 - 1672). Prints 35-5-97 to 35-5-195 are from an edition printed in 1879. 35-5-165 Purchased from S. Matsumoto, 1935