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Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

A catalogue of the Ashmolean collection of Chinese paintings by Shelagh Vainker (published Oxford, 2000).

Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford by Shelagh Vainker

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Lily flower

  • Literature notes

    Lu Zhi, born in Wuxian (present day Suzhou) in Jiangsu province, was a member of the close circle of the illustrious Ming painter Wen Zhengming. Lu was admired in his lifetime for his flower and bird paintings though today his landscapes, in Song style, are equally appreciated.
  • Description

    Lu Zhi, also known as Shuping or Baoshan, was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. He was admired in his lifetime for his bird-and-flower painting, though today his landscapes in the style of Song court painting are equally appreciated. Like his friend Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), the illustrious literati painter, Lu Zhi was good at poems. The inscribed poem composed by him reads: ‘[I] used to be a piece of jade on top of a hairpin, [but] now [I] am a flower on top of a branch; [I] feel sad in the night of bright moon, [as I want] to fly back home’. The flower here embodies the feelings of a homesick girl, who sees the jade on her hairpin as a sign of home.

  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (place of creation)
    AsiaChinaJiangsu province Suzhou (probable place of creation)
    Date
    1496 - 1576
    Artist/maker
    Lu Zhi (1496 - 1576) (artist)
    Material and technique
    ink and colour on gold paper
    Dimensions
    mount 55.2 x 40.2 cm (height x width)
    painting 24.2 x 52.5 cm (height x width)
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    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 1965.
    Accession no.
    EA1965.184
  • Further reading

    Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 84 on p. 104, illus. p. 105 fig. 84

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  • Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford by Shelagh Vainker

    Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

    Lu Zhi, born in Wuxian (present day Suzhou) in Jiangsu province, was a member of the close circle of the illustrious Ming painter Wen Zhengming. Lu was admired in his lifetime for his flower and bird paintings though today his landscapes, in Song style, are equally appreciated.
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