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Special 94 "Spring Morning in the Han Palace" Handscroll Postage Stamps (1973)

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Stamp SN D094
Stamp Name Special 94 "Spring Morning in the Han Palace" Handscroll Postage Stamps (1973)
Stamp Cat Standard Special Stamps
Stamp Cat Calligraphy & Paintings, Music
Issue date 1973-06-20
Suspersion date
Dimension of stamps(mm.) 51.7x36或36x51.7
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer Courvoiser S.A., Switzerlan
Drawer
Designer
Photographer Liu Pao-chin
Engraver
Creative Director
Sheet composition S94.1-94.5 5×10
S94.8-94.12 5×10
S94.6-94.7 10×5
S94.13-94.14
Print color
Process Photogravure
Paper Photogravure stamp paper
Back
Perforation 11 1/2
  Painted by Chiu Ying in color and ink on silk, this Ming dynasty (1368-1644) handscroll, entitled 〝Spring Morning in the Han Palace〞and selected from the National Palace Museum collection, depicts the life of women of the court, and the magnificence of the imperial court and the royal garden. The painter, Chiu Ying, is one of the four great artists of the Ming dynasty. He painted more story paintings than any other artist as he excelled in the painting of landscape, human figures, flowers, and birds, all of which are important ingredients for painting stories.  This handscroll was released in two installments, each consisting of a strip of five 1.00 stamps depicting one half of the scroll and two close-up singles, each showing an enlarged section of some significant scene of the strip.