A View of Chinese Gardens
(from 5th Aug until 30th Nov 2014)Explore the 'Four Gentlemen' of Chinese flowers and garden scenes from the Ashmolean collections.
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Seven paintings and their cover from Album of birds and still life
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Zhejiang province (place of creation)
- Date
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1848 - 1923
Qing Dynasty, Guangxu Period (1875 - 1908)
- Artist/maker
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Liu Xiling (1848 - 1923) (artist)
- Material and technique
- ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 36.5 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 8
- Accession no.
- EAX.5345
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 82 on p. 101, illus. pp. 101-103 figs 82a-g
Locations
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Ground floor | Room 11 | Chinese Paintings
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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Ground floor | Room 11 | Chinese Paintings
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Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Active in the Guangxu (1875-1908) period of the Qing dynasty Liu Xiling was from Huayang (present-day Chengdu) in Sichuan province, but as a painter was active in Zhejiang. His painting style and subject matter were inspired by Gao Qipei (q.v.).
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