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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.

Detail of Peonies in a bronze vessel, China, 1903 (Museum No: EA2007.103)
Twenty-eight character poemfront, painting only

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Twenty-eight character poem

  • Description

    Rao Zongyi is native of Chaozhou, Guangdong province. A traditional guohua painter, calligrapher and scholar, he has held teaching appointments in the National University of Singapore (1952-1973), in Hong Kong University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he was Professor of Chinese. He also served as visiting professor at Yale University, and in France and Japan. In1962, he received the Prize Stanislas Julian and in 1993 the Art and Letters Official Medal from the Ministry of Culture, Paris.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › China (place of creation)
    Date
    1982
    Artist/maker
    Rao Zongyi (born 1917) (calligrapher)
    Gao Xiang (1688 - 1753) (author)
    Material and technique
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    mount 192 x 42 cm (height x width)
    painting 111.8 x 29.4 cm (height x width)
    along roller 51.5 cm (length)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    drawn (image) › line drawing › brush drawing
    Object type index
    communications equipment › art/writing equipment › scroll › hanging scroll,
    visual representation › calligraphy,
    visual representation › scroll › hanging scroll
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented in honour of the 70th birthday of Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 2002.
    Accession no.
    EA2002.119

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Location

    • Lower ground floor | Room 6 | Reading and Writing

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