Bird on Magnolia Branch
Bird on Magnolia Branch from the Hui-lin-hou-ko collection published in 1587 by Chou Lu-tsing. Rubbing from Chinese stone engraving from the period between the Han and Tang Dynasties (1st-8th centuries). Traditionally the Chinese have cut the holy writings of their philosophers and the lines of their poets in stone to preserve them for posterity, having copied them from the original artwork
Picture No
13127667
Media ID
45374394
Size
4252px x 4482px
(6.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter & Dawn Cope Collection
Source
Chinese stone engraving, Hoang Chuan (10th century)
