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Landscape Album of Zhang Ruo'ai
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Landscape Album of Zhang Ruo'ai

Alternate TitleEight Leaves of Landscape after Ancient Masters by Zhang Qinglan (Ruo'ai)
Artist Zhang Ruo'ai (Chinese, 1713 - 1746)
Dateprobably 1746
MediumInk and light colors on paper
DimensionsOverall: 9 5/16 × 7 7/8 inches (23.65 × 20 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard Stern
Object number2001.4.2.A-J
Signed2nd leaf: "Qinglan"; 7th and 8th leaves: "Zhang Ruo-ai"
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DescriptionEight paintings (B-I) mounted on heavy paper with a window mat over the top of each one. The leaves are bound in silk embroidery-covered wooden boards; the embroidery has geometric and flower designs. There is also a frontispiece leaf (A) , preceding the images, written by Zhang Auyi in 1914, and a colophon leaf (J) done by a Manch royal member, Yue Duan, at the end of the image leaves. Each leaf is painted with figures in a landscape painted in ink and light colors, executed in delicate and refined brushwork.
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