The Past in the Present: Script and Archaism in Modern Chinese Art
(from 6th Oct 2010 until 27th Feb 2011)Explore the influence of early Chinese writing and artefacts on the art of the twentieth century and beyond.
Calligraphy written in lishu clerical script
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Description
Lishu is a Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) script. The present calligraphy was copied from the famous Wu Rong stele at Ji’nan in Shandong province, carved in the Eastern Han (15 BC-AD 220) dynasty. The bird and flower painting by Tang Yun (1910-1993) is in traditional decorative style, and was probably mounted together with the calligraphy not long after it was completed.
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1946
- Artist/maker
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Tang Yun (1910 - 1993) (artist)Huang Baoyue (1880 - 1968) (calligrapher)
- Associated people
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Wu Rong (probably AD 131 - 167) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- ink and colour on paper; calligraphy in ink on paper
- Dimensions
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frame 106 x 47.3 x 1.7 cm (height x width x depth)
mount 102.6 x 43.9 cm sight size (height x width)
calligraphy 34.7 x 37.4 cm (height x width)
painting 35.5 x 37.4 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented in honour of the forthcoming 70th birthdays of Jose Mauricio and Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 1995.
- Accession no.
- EA1995.293
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 September-1 December 1996, Modern Chinese Paintings: The Reyes Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Vainker, Shelagh (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1996), no. 28 on p. 32, pp. 53 & 64, illus. p. 32 fig. 28
Glossary
lishu
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lishu
Qin Dynasty clerical script.
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
The Past in the Present: Script and Archaism in Modern Chinese Art
(from 6th Oct 2010 until 27th Feb 2011)
Location
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- currently in research collection
Objects are sometimes moved to a different location. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis. Contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular object on display, or would like to arrange an appointment to see an object in our reserve collections.
Publications online
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Modern Chinese Paintings: The Reyes Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
The calligraphy is in lishu (clerical script) form and is a transcription of part of the famous Wu Rong stele at Ji'nan in Shandong province, carved in the Han (206 BC-221 AD) dynasty. The bird is painted in traditional decorative style, and was probably mounted together with the calligraphy not long after it was completed.
Notice
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