{"product_id":"antique-chinese-suzhou-woodblock-spring-palace-picture-hanging-scroll","title":"Antique Chinese Suzhou Woodblock Spring Palace Picture, Hand-Coloured, Mounted as a Hanging Scroll","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA Chinese spring palace picture, described as a Suzhou woodblock impression finished by hand in colour and not a mechanical print, mounted as a hanging scroll about 154 cm tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChunhua, spring pictures, are the Chinese ancestors of Japanese shunga: the very word shunga is the Japanese reading of the same characters. In Suzhou, whose pictures reached Japan through Nagasaki, printers cut the outlines in the block and painters coloured each impression by hand, so that every sheet has its own touch. Such pictures were often given as wedding gifts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere a young man in a jewelled headdress with long gold tassels embraces a lady with flowers in her hair upon a carved lattice chair. Behind them a dragon-headed stand carries a robe of vermilion, orange and green roundels, and a three-character title cut in the block crowns the composition. The drawing is tender and the colour vivid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spring palace picture (chunhua), a pair of lovers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e China, described as a Suzhou woodblock picture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Woodblock outline with hand colouring on paper; not a mechanical print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Antique; a date is not stated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMount:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hanging scroll in a green mount with dark roller ends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOverall size:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 154 x 52 cm (60.6 x 20.5 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePicture size:\u003c\/strong\u003e being confirmed against our archive records; please write to the Desk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasured by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAge toning, stains and spotting to the picture and the mount.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWear consistent with age; every photograph is part of the description.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eC (good, visible wear)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/es\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work is offered as described to the Desk, as an authentic woodblock impression with hand colouring; no independent appraisal is implied. Hang away from direct sun and store rolled in a dry place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRolled, wrapped by hand in Japan and packed in a rigid carton, then shipped discreetly, insured and tracked, by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our \u003ca href=\"\/es\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. More awaits in \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/private-room-adults-only\"\u003eThe Private Room\u003c\/a\u003e, and more mounted works hang among our \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/japanese-scrolls-byobu-screens\"\u003escrolls and screens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-cta\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-cta-eyebrow\"\u003eConcierge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeeking another chunhua scroll? 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