Cleveland Museum of Art
First Part of Story of The Western Chamber
- Date
- 1736–95
- Medium
- Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 679116
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
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. 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.
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- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Provenance
- ?–2025: (Christer von der Burg, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 2025–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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