New Year's Day print

Woodblock print · 2025.376

New Year's Day print

DATE1747, Qing dynasty

CULTUREChina, Suzhou

MEDIUMInk and hand-applied color on paper

INSTITUTIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

A New Year courtyard scene useful for studying Qing print color, vermilion boundaries, and narrative composition.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 2025.376 ↗
Public Domain · The Met Open Access (CC0) ↗

01 · EVIDENCE BOUNDARY

What this relationship means

The catalog title directly identifies New Year's Day, so the festival link is object-supported. The palette remains a modern editorial interpretation.

02 · VISIBLE MOTIFS

Forms to observe

courtyardfigural gatheringvermilion framing

03 · EDITORIAL COLOR

A design reading, not a reconstruction

Vermilion#FF4C00

Jin Se#EACD76

Rouge#9D2933

Moon White#D6ECF0

△ These colors are selected from the Chinese Color Atlas for contemporary design use. They do not claim to measure or restore the object's original pigments.

04 · CONTINUE THE ATLAS