Room 10 | China 3000 BC-AD 800 gallery
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Scroll with transcriptions of Anyang writing
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Description
Dong Zuobin was excavator of Anyang and an eminent scholar of oracle bone inscriptions, the earliest writing known in China. Dong transcribed the writing of the Wuding period 武丁 (1200-1150 BC). The inscriptions are divination accounts on weather: rain and rainbow are expected in eight days. Dong presented this scroll to Dr. Homer H. Dubs, Professor of Chinese (1947-1959) at the University of Oxford, when Dr. Dubs left for England in 1947.
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Details
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- Date
- 1947
- Artist/maker
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Dong Zuobin (1895 - 1963) (calligrapher)
- Associated people
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Professor Homer H. Dubs (1947 - 1969) (recipient)
- Material and technique
- ink on paper; mounted on silk
- Dimensions
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mount 133 x 37.5 cm (height x width)
painting 108 x 31.5 cm (height x width)
along roller 37.5 cm (length)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Mrs Dubs, in memory of Professor Homer Dubs, 1970.
- Accession no.
- EA1970.81
Location
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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