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.
Portrait of Khoan
- loan
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Description
The background of the portrait is filled with text from the Qianzi wen (Thousand character classic), a primer of one thousand different characters used as an instruction tool for learning to read. The text was compiled at the order of emperor Wu (r.502-547) using characters selected from the writings of the calligrapher Wang Xizhi (307-365). It remained in use until the early twentieth century.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Hebei province › Beijing (possible place of creation)Europe › United Kingdom › England › Greater London › London (possible place of creation)
- Date
- 2002
- Associated people
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Khoan Sullivan (1919 - 2003) (subject)
- Material and technique
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- painting 111.5 x 107.5 cm (height x width)
- Material index
- Technique index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- On loan from the Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection.
- Accession no.
- LI1109.8
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Further reading
Sullivan, Michael, Modern Chinese Art: The Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection, revised edn (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2009), no. 39 on p. 248, illus. p. 249
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
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