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Liang Wenwan
Basket of Lotus Root and Single String Chin1875

Not on view
Ink and wash drawing on folded paper with gestural depictions of a long knife and woven basket containing a crab, surrounded by columns of East Asian calligraphy and a salmon-pink inscribed panel

Liang Wenwan, Basket of Lotus Root and Single String Chin, 1875, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Julian C. Wright Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Liang Wenwan
China, active circa 1870 - 1900
Title
Basket of Lotus Root and Single String Chin
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1875
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 12 15/16 x 20 5/8 in. (32.9 x 52.4 cm); Paper: 17 5/16 x 22 11/16 in. (44.0 x 57.6 cm)
Credit Line
Julian C. Wright Bequest
Accession Number
M.79.152.573
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art