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Eight Donkeys
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Description
The artist Huang Zhou inscribes: ‘This extraordinary creature never tells a lie to itself; for a 1000 years it never has a spare moment. In wartime it runs between signal fire; in peace time it serves under all commands day and night. It suggests some grace to step on snow looking for plum blossoms, or to chant a hymn when carrying luggage in mountains on a clear day. In literature it is always looked upon with disdain; today I would like to restore its beauty.’
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1925 - 1983
- Artist/maker
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Huang Zhou (1925 - 1997) (artist)
- Material and technique
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
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mount 260 x 65.7 cm (height x width)
painting 133.3 x 52.7 cm (height x width)
along roller 74.5 cm (length)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1983.
- Accession no.
- EA1983.218
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 55 on p. 76, illus. p. 77 fig. 55
Past Exhibition
see (1)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Huang Zhou was born in Li Xian, Hebei province. He started painting at an early age as a pupil of Zhao Wangyun (q.v.). In 1955 became a professional painter, having spent six years in the People's Liberation Army as a reporter in the northwest border region; the national minority peoples of that area became a leading subject in his paintings. His interest in early paintings resulted in a fine collection of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing works.
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