Rules of painting leaves 画葉起手法

Compilercompiled and edited by Hu Zhengyan 胡正言 (Chinese, ca. 1584 - 1674)

Additional Title(s)

Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu) 十竹齋書畫譜; volume 1 (Heaven)

ClassificationsPRINTS

Date1633

DynastyMing dynasty

Mediumwoodblock print; ink on paper

Dimensionspage: 9 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (24.8 x 28.6 cm.)

DescriptionOne page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf. Illustration of five ways to paint orchid leaves with blossoms and bud with pointers. 画葉起手法: beginning rule of painting leaves; 左出式: left emerging style; 壳皮: shell skin?; 二鳳眼: second, phoenix eye; 四象眼: fourth, elephant eye; 五護根:fifth, protect the root; 學者先將此五筆習熟然後交搭左右皆同: the student first practises these five brush-strokes, then in a similar way, cris-crossingly adds on to the left and right.

InscribedUpper right: 画葉起手法; Middle right: 左出式; Lower right: 壳皮; Upper center: 二鳳眼; 四象眼; Upper center: Lower center: 五護根; Lower left: 學者先將此五筆習熟然後交搭左右皆同; Hand-written inscription, right: Orchid 2 (lan er) 蘭二

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from June and Simon K.C Li, Fong Liu, Mei-Lee Ney, and Anne and Jim Rothenberg, in honor of Steven S. Koblik

Status

Not on view

Object number2014.7.1.13