PrintsChinese

Illustrations of Tilling and Weaving (Yuzhi Gengzhi tu)

Classification

Prints

Medium

Accordion-fold woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Culture

Chinese

Period

Qing dynasty, 1644-1911

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Provenance

Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA, purchased from Tokyo dealer Sorimachi, April 1965; bequest to Harvard Art Museum

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