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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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The Fox Fairy washing her hair in a stream

  • Literature notes

    This painting and its pair [EA1995.269, EA1995.270] are unusual in that they have been framed in pencil, and the calligraphy and seals lie outside the composition. Plain or coloured gold-flecked papers have been used for many centuries.
  • Description

    Xu Lele is a figure painter who takes her subjects from popular literature. These two paintings depict the fox fairy, subject of a Tang dynasty short story about a beautiful young seductress who is actually a fox fairy in disguise. Having found a faithful lover, the fox fairy is eventually torn apart by hounds. In the Qing period, the fox fairy remained a major subject of love stories, such as those in Strange Tales of a Scholar’s Studio.

    This painting and its pair [EA1995.269] are unusual in that they have been framed in pencil, and the calligraphy and seals lie outside the main composition. They are painted on gold-flecked paper, which has been used for many centuries.

  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChinaZhejiang province Ningbo (place of creation)
    Date
    1991
    Artist/maker
    Xu Lele (born 1955) (artist)
    Xu Lele (born 1955) (calligrapher)
    Material and technique
    ink, colour, and pencil border on gold-flecked blue paper
    Dimensions
    frame 63.5 x 47 x 2 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 43.5 x 32 cm sight size (height x width)
    Material index
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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.
    EA1995.270
  • 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. 105B on p. 78, p. 9, illus. p. 78 fig. 105b

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