Chinese Landscapes from the Ashmolean Collection
(from 9th Feb until 21st Jul 2013)Explore the continued tradition of Chinese landscape painting in this complement to the Xu Bing show.
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Landscape with trees and rocks
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Description
Luo Mu was from Ningdu, Jiangxi province, and lived mostly in the provincial capital Nanchang. He had a reputation for conviviality and his skill at poetry. The poem inscribed on this painting, however, is by the famous Tang (AD 618-907) poet, Du Fu (AD 712-770). The original poem, titled Inscribed on the Wall of the Chan Master Xuanwu’s Room, described and praised a mural that was probably painted by Gu Kaizhi (c. AD 344-405). It reads: ‘The red sun shines on the forest of stones, and the river flows towards the sea under the blue sky’.
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Details
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Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Nanchang (place of creation)
- Date
- June 1685
- Material and technique
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 175.26 x 73.66 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1965.
- Accession no.
- EA1965.175
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 100 on p. 116, illus. p. 116 fig. 100
Past Exhibition
see (1)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Luo Mu was from Ningdu in Jiangxi and lived mostly in the provincial capital, Nanchang. He had a reputation for conviviality and for being good at composing poetry.
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