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Plum and Bamboo: The Double Eleganciesfront

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Plum and Bamboo: The Double Elegancies

  • Description

    Plants carrying symbolic meanings sometimes appear in Chinese paintings together, regardless of their native regions and growing seasons. The combination of bamboo and plum blossom is a typical theme in Chinese painting, which first appeared around the 10th century. Song Wenzhi (1919-1999), a leading ink painter in China, applied different methods in this painting to demonstrate the characteristics of plum blossoms, bamboo, and the rock in the foreground. The inscription reads "The double elegancies. At a sunny window of the Beilingju Restaurant."

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › China › Guangdong province (Beilingju Restaurant, Shenzhen) (place of creation)
    Date
    May – June 1988
    Artist/maker
    Song Wenzhi (1919 - 1999) (artist)
    Material and technique
    ink and colour on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 95 x 61.5 x 1.5 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 68.5 x 45 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    drawn (image) › line drawing › brush drawing
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Anselmo Reyes in memory of Mary Tregear (1924-2010), 2011.
    Accession no.
    EA2011.52

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