Chinese woodblock print depicting a rotund figure of an old lady with a scroll reading ‘The embodiment of harmony’

Title
Chinese woodblock print depicting a rotund figure of an old lady with a scroll reading ‘The embodiment of harmony’
Year/Period
Mid 1940s-mid 1960s
Region
Suzhou, China
Object Type
colour woodcuts (prints)
Material
paper (fiber product)
Technique
color woodcut (process)
Dimension
Image size: 62.4 x 53.8 cm,
Image size: H67.6 x W58.9 cm (Mount)
Accession No.
2010-01093
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore

This print was produced in Taohuawu.

 

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