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

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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)
Calligraphy with imaginary 'big seal' scriptfront

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Calligraphy with imaginary 'big seal' script

  • loan

  • Description

    The characters are imaginary ‘big seal’ script characters of the style seen on ancient commemorative stones.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › China (place of creation)
    Date
    late 20th century
    Artist/maker
    Gu Wenda (born 1955) (calligrapher)
    Material and technique
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 119.6 x 114.4 x 2 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 95.5 x 89.5 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    drawn (image) › line drawing › brush drawing
    Object type index
    visual representation › calligraphy
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    On loan from the Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection.
    Accession no.
    LI1109.1

  • Further reading

    Sullivan, Michael, Modern Chinese Art: The Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection, revised edn (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2009), no. 47 on p. 84, illus. p. 84

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    • currently in research collection

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