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Chengshi moyuan (Ink Garden of the Cheng Family). 1605, 1610. - Hu no. 9, 39-43. Two leaves printed in colors: 42,43. - Machida 232-3, four colored leaves. - Fribourg 130, pp. 280-81. Black-and-white reproduction; but read his notes. -von der Burg Fig. 4. One leaf.

Ink Garden of the Cheng Family

Cheng Dayue (Chinese, 1541ca. 1616)
Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper Each volume: 9 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. ( !.5 x "5 cm# $verall (%ull volume box#: 5" &/"' x !7 "/! in. ("&( x " ( cm#

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