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Book/Printed Material Manuscript/Mixed Material Yu zhi geng zhi tu 御製耕織圖 / Geng zhi tu

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About this Item

Title

  • Yu zhi geng zhi tu

Other Title

  • 御製耕織圖
  • Geng zhi tu

Names

  • Kangxi, Emperor of China, 1654-1722, zhuan, shu
  • Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [China] : [producer not identified], [Qing Yongzheng nian jian, between 1723 and 1735?]

Headings

  • -  Agriculture--China--Pictorial works
  • -  Silk industry--China--Pictorial works
  • -  Farm life in art
  • -  Sericulture in art
  • -  Art, Chinese--Pictorial works
  • -  Weaving--China--Pictorial works
  • -  Zi bu--Yi shu lei--Hua pu
  • -  Zi bu--Nong jia lei
  • -  子部--藝術類--畫譜
  • -  子部--農家類

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Title from preface.
  • -  In case; original case features colorful embroidery.
  • -  Two leaves, folded, each 32.0 x 25.6 cm, are mounted on heavy paper leaves 40.0 x 59.4 cm, folded to 40.0 x 29.7 cm; some of these folded leaves are attached to each other, accordion style.
  • -  Seal: 康熙宸翰.
  • -  卷前有康熙親撰並書《御製耕織圖序》，行草書，末署："康熙三十五年春二月社日題並書"。序首端鈐有"佩文齋"白文長方印，序末鈐"康熙宸翰"朱文方印及"稽古右文之章"白文方印。
  • -  Includes 40 detailed paintings and explanatory descriptions of tilling and weaving; preface dated 康熙三十五年 [1696] written by, and in the calligraphy of the Kangxi Emperor; each illustration accompanied by a poem written by, and in the calligraphy of the Kangxi Emperor.

Medium

  • 40 folded leaves : 40 color illustrations

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2014514379

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Kangxi, Emperor Of China, Zhuan, Shu, and Chinese Rare Book Collection. Yu Zhi Geng Zhi Tu. [China: producer not identified, qing yongzheng nian jian, between 1723 and 1735?, 1723] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014514379/.

APA citation style:

Kangxi, E. O. C. & Chinese Rare Book Collection. (1723) Yu Zhi Geng Zhi Tu. [China: producer not identified, qing yongzheng nian jian, between 1723 and 1735?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2014514379/.

MLA citation style:

Kangxi, Emperor Of China, Zhuan, Shu, and Chinese Rare Book Collection. Yu Zhi Geng Zhi Tu. [China: producer not identified, qing yongzheng nian jian, between 1723 and 1735?, 1723] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2014514379/>.