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Ink Garden of the Cheng Family
Cheng Dayue Chinese
Not on view
Ink Garden of the Cheng Family is a catalogue of decorative designs for inkstones and ink cakes. Some of the designs were made by well-known artists of the time. This image was printed with a single block. Either multiple colors were brushed onto it at once or the block was reused repeatedly to apply one color at a time.
