Part of Story of The Western Chamber
Unknown Artist
1736–95
Medium
Hanging scroll; polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
170.9 × 69 cm · print only: 89 × 52.7 cm
Classification
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
J.H. Wade Trust Fund
Accession Number
2025.21
About this artwork
Woodblock printing in color reached its height in China in the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries. It was executed by means of sets of separate blocks, each carved to print a different color.