Two Beauties Inspect a Golden Lotus
Cleveland Museum of Art

Two Beauties Inspect a Golden Lotus

1736–95

Hanging scroll; polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Woodblock printing in color reached a height in China in the 1600s to 1700s. The prints were executed by means of sets of separate blocks, each carved to print a different color.

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