Highlight objects

A selection of highlight objects on display in the exhibition
The printed image in China from the 8th to the 21st centuries

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  Bird and Bamboo from Ten Bamboo Studio Collection of Calligraphy and Painting.
  Ming dynasty, Chongzhen period, c. 1633. Multicoloured woodblock print on paper. Nanjing, Jiangsu province.

  Bird and Bamboo

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  Chatting over Tea, 1984. Wu Jide. Multi-block woodcut print with water-soluble ink on paper. Reproduced with the permission of the artist.

  Chatting over Tea, 1984

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  Flower basket. Qing dynasty, first half of eighteenth century. Multicoloured woodblock print in ink on paper.
  Jinchang district, Suzhou, Jiangsu province.

  Flower basket

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  Morning on the Huangpu River, 1962. Shao Keping (b. 1916). Woodblock print, oil-based ink and colours on paper.
  © Shao Keping. Reproduced with the permission of the artist.

  Morning on the Huangpu River, 1962

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  Iris and Rock from Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual, Part III. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, c. 1701.
  Multicoloured woodblock print on paper. Nanjing, Jiangsu province

  Iris and Rock

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  Rise–in-rank Military Door Guard. Qing dynasty, eighteenth century. Woodblock print in ink and colour on paper.
  Suzhou, Jiangsu province.

  Rise–in-rank Military Door Guard

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  One Hundred Children. Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, dated 1743.
  Hanging scroll: multicoloured woodblock print made from three blocks, some colours applied with stencils and a brush.
  Taohuawu, Suzhou, Jiangsu province.

  One Hundred Children

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  Relieve the Wounded soldiers, 1942. Liu Lun (b. 1913). Woodblock print in ink and light colour on paper.

  Relieve the Wounded soldiers, 1942

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  Sunrise on Nanhu, Woodblock print. Shi Handing (b.1930). Ink and colour on paper.

  Sunrise on Nanhu