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Wu Lu Challenged by Zhu Yun
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- Associated place
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Asia › China › Hunan province (Fenghuang) (place of creation)
- Date
- 1924 - 1995
- Artist/maker
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Huang Yongyu (born 1924) (artist)Huang Yongyu (born 1924) (calligrapher)
- Associated people
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Wulu Chongzong (active c. 49 - 33 BC) (subject)Zhu Yun (active c. 49 - 28 BC) (subject)
- Material and technique
- ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 67 x 138 cm (height x width)
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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.
- EA1995.296
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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. 34 on p. 34, p. 9, illus. p. 34 fig. 34
Vainker, Shelagh, ‘Modern Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum’, Oriental Art, 42/3, (Autumn 1996), p. 9, illus. p. 8 fig. 13
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Modern Chinese Paintings: The Reyes Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
The subject of this painting is two Han (206 BC- AD 220) dynasty debaters, the supremo Wu Lu (literally Five Deer) and the younger Zhu Yun (Vermilion Cloud), described in the title as "breaking his horn". It is not clear who will succeed in this discussion, only that eventually Zhu Yun will be the greater debater. The force of the debate is evident in the dynamic sweeping brushstrokes, while the faces and hands perhaps represent the finer points of the argument. Fenghuang is Huang Yongyu's native district in Hunan province.
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