Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

Ashmolean − Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

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)
Flowers in a vasefront

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Flowers in a vase

  • Description

    The traditional folk medium of papercut decorations was used in the late 20th century for designs with politically connected subjects, such as heavy industry and women workers, as well as for decorative pieces. All however use border and subsidiary motifs in use since the Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

  • Details

    Series
    Selected Chinese Paper-Cuts
    Associated place
    Asia › China (place of creation)
    Date
    1970s
    Material and technique
    cut paper
    Dimensions
    8.5 x 13 cm max. (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    cut
    Object type index
    visual representation › papercut
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by John Gittings, 2008.
    Accession no.
    EA2008.47.f

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