Beauties and Heroes: Legends and Stories in Chinese Art
(from 21st Jan until 15th Jul 2012)Explore paintings, prints and papercuts depicting legendary figures from Chinese folklore.
Chun Cao Outwits the Magistrate
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Description
This painting depicts a scene from the famous Beijing opera Chun Cao Outwits the Magistrate. In this story, the maidservant Chun Cao, after learning that a good man is to be sentenced to death, persuades the magistrate that he is betrothed to her mistress, the prime minister’s daughter, in order to save him. The two eventually marry. Like the Romance of the Western Chamber, the maidservant plays a key role in her mistress’ love story.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangsu province › Nanjing (place of creation)
- Date
- 1989
- Artist/maker
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Gao Made (1919 - 2007) (artist)
- Material and technique
- EA1995.192 ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
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frame 61 x 66 x 2.5 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 32.5 x 42.5 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.
- EA1995.192
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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. 25 on p. 30, illus. p. 30 fig. 25
Past Exhibition
see (1)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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Modern Chinese Paintings: The Reyes Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Chun Cao Outwits the Magistrate is the title of a famous Peking opera in which the maid Chun Cao, on learning that a good man is to be sentenced to death, saves him by persuading the magistrate that he is betrothed to her mistress, the prime minister's daughter. The two eventually marry.
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