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Cover of a Chinese woodblock-printed book with a black-ruled title label in dark ink and a red seal, on a grey-green cloth.

Ten Bamboo Studio Painting and Calligraphy Handbook (Shizhuzhai shuhua

The cover of a bound Chinese woodblock book, with a cream paper label framed by black rules and a column of printed characters running down its left side. A red seal sits near the bottom of the label. The grey-green cloth covering is worn, with faint pale marks and traces of flaking near the edges.

Look closer: A red seal with carved characters sits on the lower part of the title label.

Artist
Hu Zhengyan
Date
1633
Medium
Woodblock-printed book; ink and colors on paper; first edition
Source
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Size
2302 × 3400 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