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Modern Chinese Paintings: The Reyes Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

A catalogue of Chinese paintings from the Reyes Collection by Shelagh Vainker (published Oxford, 1996).

Modern Chinese Paintings: The Reyes Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford by Shelagh Vainker

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Chun Cao Outwits the Magistrate

  • Literature notes

    Chun Cao Outwits the Magistrate is the title of a famous Peking opera in which the maid Chun Cao, on learning that a good man is to be sentenced to death, saves him by persuading the magistrate that he is betrothed to her mistress, the prime minister's daughter. The two eventually marry.
  • Description

    This painting depicts a scene from the famous Beijing opera Chun Cao Outwits the Magistrate. In this story, the maidservant Chun Cao, after learning that a good man is to be sentenced to death, persuades the magistrate that he is betrothed to her mistress, the prime minister’s daughter, in order to save him. The two eventually marry. Like the Romance of the Western Chamber, the maidservant plays a key role in her mistress’ love story.

  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChinaJiangsu province Nanjing (place of creation)
    Date
    1989
    Artist/maker
    Gao Made (1919 - 2007) (artist)
    Material and technique
    EA1995.192 ink and colour on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 61 x 66 x 2.5 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 32.5 x 42.5 cm (height x width)
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    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented in honour of the forthcoming 70th birthdays of Jose Mauricio and Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 1995.
    Accession no.
    EA1995.192
  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 September-1 December 1996, Modern Chinese Paintings: The Reyes Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Vainker, Shelagh (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1996), no. 25 on p. 30, illus. p. 30 fig. 25

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