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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Man playing a qin beneath a pine tree
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Description
This special composition of balancing the ‘fullness’ on the lower left corner and the ‘emptiness’ on the upper right corner is recognized as one of the typical features of works by Ma Yuan and Xia Gui, the two masters from the Southern Song period (1127-1279). The artist’s signature is hidden in the lower left corner on the rock.
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Details
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- possibly 1195 - c. 1235
- Artist/maker
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probably Xia Gui (active 1195 - c. 1235) (artist)
- Material and technique
- ink and slight colour on silk
- Dimensions
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mount 55.5 x 40.5 cm (height x width)
painting 24.8 x 23.5 cm (height x width)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Mrs Isabella Cohn, 1972.
- Accession no.
- EA1972.24
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 2.27 on p. 230, illus. p. 231 fig. 2.27
Vainker, Shelagh, and Xin Chen, A Life in Chinese Art: Essays in Honour of Michael Sullivan (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), pp. 74-81, illus. pp. 75 & 80
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Location
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- currently in research collection
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