A catalogue of Chinese paintings from the Reyes Collection by Shelagh Vainker (published Oxford, 1996).
Lishu is a Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) script. The present calligraphy was copied from the famous Wu Rong stele at Ji’nan in Shandong province, carved in the Eastern Han (15 BC-AD 220) dynasty. The bird and flower painting by Tang Yun (1910-1993) is in traditional decorative style, and was probably mounted together with the calligraphy not long after it was completed.
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. 28 on p. 32, pp. 53 & 64, illus. p. 32 fig. 28
lishu
Qin Dynasty clerical script.
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