print
- Museum number
- 1991,0213,0.3-6
- Title
- Object: Pair of door guards, Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong
- Description
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Multi-colour woodblock print on paper
- Production date
- 1980s-1990s
- Dimensions
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Height: 61 centimetres (#6 mount)
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Height: 54.70 centimetres (#6 paper)
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Width: 81.30 centimetres (#6 mount)
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Width: 69.20 centimetres (#6 paper)
- Curator's comments
- The prints of these two door guards were made with the wooden printing blocks that are also in the British Museum collection (1991,0213,3-6). In order to save wood, each block is carved on both sides and therefore can be used to impress two colours. Two blocks were used for each figure. The first impression would show black outlines, followed by yellow, red and blue. The green areas are yellow overprinted with blue. In order to align the colours precisely within the black outlines, the wooden blocks had to be accurately positioned (registered) on the large sheet of paper. The blocks for red/yellow and black outline/blue show a registration mark.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2010 May-Sep, BM, Dept of Asia, The Printed Image in China
2012 5th May -29th July, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ‘The Printed Image in China’
- Acquisition date
- 1991
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1991,0213,0.3-6
