Li Bai Writes a Poem Whilst Drunk In Huaqing Palace

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Li Bai Writes a Poem Whilst Drunk In Huaqing Palace

華清宮李⽩醉酒寫詩

1700s

China, Qing dynasty

(1644–1911)

Medium

Hanging scroll; polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Measurements

Print only: 101.4 x 49 cm (39 15/16 x 19 5/16 in.); Overall: 177.1 x 62.2 cm (69 3/4 x 24 1/2 in.); with knobs: 67.8 cm (26 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2025.20

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Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

In the seventeenth century, printing flourished in such Jiangnan cities as Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Huizhou, evolving from privately enjoyed illustrated books printed in color to more commercialized single-sheet color prints that were hung on walls and became part of the rich urban visual culture.

Description

Woodblock printing in color reached its height in China in the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries. It was executed by means of sets of separate blocks, each carved to print a different color.