Print style
Blue Nankeen
Paste pushed through a cut stencil onto cotton before it goes into the indigo vat. Where the paste sat, the cloth stays white. Hoi An example from the Poster Stamp collection.
Make a stamp in this styleThe print tradition
Paste pushed through a cut stencil onto cotton before it goes into the indigo vat. Where the paste sat, the cloth stays white.
- Period
- Jiangnan, Ming and Qing dynasties
- Process
- Paste-resist indigo dye
- Marks
- Stencil-cut white resist dots on indigo
- Frame
- Stencil-cut paste border: bridged rules, coin chains, a lantern garland, lotus and fish, soft dye bleed
The example
Lanterns over the river in the monsoon. The example starts from a Rainpost scene render of Hoi An. The browser editor applies a local print treatment to your photo; the historical collection is an artistic interpretation.
