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Happy New Year
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About this work
In the 1600s, printing flourished in such Jiangnan cities as Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Huizhou, evolving from privately enjoyed illustrated books printed in color to more commercialized single-sheet color prints that were hung on walls and became part of the rich urban visual culture.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineHappy New Year (新春樂), 1662–1722. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi reign (1622–1722). Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper; 38.4 x 54.6 cm (15 1/8 x 21 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2025.93
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