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Calligraphy couplet written in archaic script
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Description
Trained in Japan, Chen Hengke was a traditional ink painter and art critic. He began his career as a pupil of Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), a painter renowned for his interest in ancient calligraphic styles. The present calligraphy combines the styles of oracle bone scripts of the Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BC) and the bronze scripts of the Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1050-771 BC).
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Details
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- 1876 - 1923
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Chen Hengke (1876 - 1923) (calligrapher)possibly style of Wu Changshuo (1844 - 1927) (artist)
- Material and technique
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
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each frame 169 x 45 x 2 cm (height x width x depth)
calligraphy 130 x 31 cm each calligraphy, sight size (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Presented in honour of the forthcoming 70th birthdays of Jose Mauricio and Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 1995.
- Accession no.
- EA1995.170
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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. 4 on p. 18, p. 10, illus. p. 18 fig. 4
Location
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Ground floor | Room 11 | Chinese Paintings
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Ground floor | Room 11 | Chinese Paintings
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Modern Chinese Paintings: The Reyes Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Chen Hengke began his career as a pupil of Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), a painter renowned for his interest in ancient calligraphic styles. The present calligraphy, in the style of oracle bone script of the Shang (c. 1600- c. 1050 BC) dynasty, is possibly inspired by his teacher.
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