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Eminence

Eminence
(Vinh hoa)
(mid 20th century)
Front cover from a set of Đông Hồ folk woodcut paintings (Tranh khắc gỗ dân gian Đông Hồ) (mid 20th century)

Medium
colour woodblock on điệp paper

Measurements
25.3 × 20.2 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr and Mrs M. Salmon, 1960

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Đông Hồ village, Thuận Thành district, Bắc Ninh province, northern Vietnam, Vietnam

Inscription
printed in ink (in Chu Nom characters) (in image) u.r.:
printed in blue ink l.l.: NHA XUAT BAN MY THUAT _ HA-NOI
printed in blue ink on support l.c.: TRANH DÂN GIAN VIỆT-NAM / NHẢ XUẦT BẢN MỸ - THUẬT HẦ - NỘI

Accession Number
801A-5

Department
Asian Art

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Physical description
This print of a child holding a chicken represents eminence or glory and is used here as the front cover of the set.