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Hanging scroll with calligraphy
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Description
Ye Mingren, from Shanghai, specialises in calligraphy and seal carving. In this work he uses paper divided into squares in red ink, in the style of calligraphy practise books. The characters are formed in a style that is part practice-work, part square style as seen on carved stones of the Han dynasty (220 BC-AD 220).
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- late 20th century
- Material and technique
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
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mount 175.5 x 53 cm (height x width)
painting 38.7 x 37 cm (height x width)
along roller 61 cm (length)
rolled 5.7 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented in honour of the 70th birthday of Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 2002.
- Accession no.
- EA2002.162
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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