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Gusu Beauty – Winter

姑蘇美人 – 冬

1736–95

China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period

(1736–95)
Medium
Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Measurements
Print only: 113 x 64 cm (44 1/2 x 25 3/16 in.); Overall: 111 x 62 cm (43 11/16 x 24 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2025.49
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Woodblock printing in color reached a height in China in the 1600s to 1700s. The prints were executed by means of sets of separate blocks, each carved to print a different color.

Description

In the 1600s, 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.
A vertically oriented polychrome woodblock print depicts several people with light skin tones in an interior. On our right, a woman in a blue robe sits at a table with a child. To our left, another child crouches to light firecrackers. In the background, two dogs play near a doorway where a child in red runs. A calligraphy banner hangs beside an opening to a stone-paved courtyard.

Gusu Beauty – Winter

1736–95

China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95)

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