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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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Location

    • currently in research collection

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