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Album of flower paintings by Wang Geyi
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Shanghai province (possible place of creation)Asia › China › Zhejiang province (possible place of creation)
- Date
- 1896 - 1988
- Artist/maker
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Wang Geyi (1896 - 1988) (artist)after Chen Chun (1482 or 1483 - 1539 or 1544) (author)after Wu Changshuo (1844 - 1927) (author)
- Material and technique
- ink and colour on paper; bound in wood covered with jin silk
- Dimensions
- 28 x 20 x 2.5 cm (height x width x depth)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk
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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.
- EA1995.250
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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. 84 on p. 64, illus. p. 57 fig. 72
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
Wang Geyi was a pupil of the Shanghai School painter Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), whose influence can be seen in this album of eleven boldly-executed flower paintings.
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