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Two blue cloth-bound book cases labeled Ten Bamboo Studio Painting Manual, upper and lower volumes, side by side on a grey.

Ten Bamboo Studio Collection of Calligraphy and Painting

Two blue cloth-bound cases, labeled upper and lower in a boxed set of eight volumes, sit side by side on a grey surface. Cream paper labels bear the title in black brush characters, and the exposed page edges show printed columns of text at the base.

Look closer: The exposed page edges at the base show small printed Chinese characters in columns.

Artist
Hu Zhengyan
Date
1633
Medium
Woodblock-printed book; ink and colors on paper; first edition 1633
Source
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Size
3400 × 2457 px
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Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1633).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund