Woodblock-printed picture with silk mount, depicting a child catching a fish with his mouth. [El.B 12/03/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Woodblock-printed picture with silk mount, depicting a child catching a fish with his mouth. [El.B 12/03/2008]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; Tianjing Yangliging
Person: Field collector Chen Ning Kang; PRM source Chen Ning Kang
Date / Period: Date made: 1988
Date collected: 1988
Acquisition information: Purchased: 06/1990
Materials and processes: Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Pigment, Material Paper Plant, Process Painted, Process Printed, Process Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 435 mm, Length: max 303 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1990.30.26
Research and responses: New Year pictures from Yangliging are famed among folk woodblock prints in China. The outlines are printed with ancient woodblocks dating from the late Ming or early Qing Dynasty and the colours added by hand. The pictures are of glorious and auspicious themes.
Ref. The Collection of Essays on batik in memory of Chen Ningkang ?2005 (ISBN 9 787807 300014) (in Chinese) in Balfour Library.

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