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Figures in a landscape
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Details
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- Date
- 1872
- Artist/maker
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Yang Borun (1837 - 1911) (artist)
- Material and technique
- ink and colour on silk
- Dimensions
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mount 55.2 x 40 cm (height x width)
page 26.7 x 27.4 cm (height x width)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1965.
- Accession no.
- EA1965.230
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 148 on p. 173, illus. p. 173 fig. 148
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Yang Borun, whose name is sometimes considered Peifu and his zi Borun, was from a literati family in Jiaxing, Zhejiang and was resident in Shanghai during the Xianfeng (1851-62) period. He participated in the Yu Yuan Painting Association. He was well-known for his calligraphy, particularly running and grass script, as well as landscape painting.
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