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Bird on a branch
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Details
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- Date
- possibly 1935 - 1949
- Artist/maker
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Chen Zhifo (1896 - 1962) (artist)
- Material and technique
- ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
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mount 230 x 65.5 cm approx. (height x width)
painting 134 x 43 cm (height x width)
along roller 73.5 cm (length)
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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.
- EA1995.173
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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. 8 on p. 20, p. 8, illus. p. 20 fig. 8
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
Early in his career Chen Zhifo was interested in ornament and design and his paintings, particularly those produced between 1935 and 1949, are chiefly in the decorative, meticulous style associated with Song (960-1279) court painting. The composition of this painting and the use of opaque pigments may be compared to porcelain decoration, a subject on which Chen had previously published, while the intermingling of colours on the branches is a modern technique.
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