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Album of scenes from Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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Description
Zhou Jingxin is well-known for paintings of figures from vernacular fiction, in this case the heroes Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and Guang Yu from the novel Sanguo yanyi or Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong. Such heroes have a long history of representation in woodblock illustrations and on porcelain, where they appear similarly labelled.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangsu province › Nanjing (place of creation)
- Date
- 1992
- Artist/maker
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Zhou Jingxin (born 1959) (artist)Zhou Jingxin (born 1959) (calligrapher)after Luo Guanzhong (active c. 1330 - 1398) (author)
- Associated people
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Cao Cao (AD 155 - 220) (subject)Dong Zhuo (died AD 192) (subject)Gongsun Zan (died AD 199) (subject)Guan Yu (died AD 219) (subject)Jiang Gan (born c. AD 175) (subject)Liu Bei (AD 161 - 223) (subject)Lu Su (AD 172 - 217) (subject)Lü Bu (died AD 198) (subject)Sima Yi (AD 179 - 251) (subject)Sun Quan (AD 181 - 252) (subject)Zhang Fei (died AD 221) (subject)Zhao Yun (died AD 229) (subject)Zhou Yu (AD 175 - 210) (subject)Zhuge Liang (AD 181 - 234) (subject)Xu Chu (died c. AD 230) (subject)Fan Kuai (242 - 189 BC) (named on object)Ma Chao (AD 176 - 222) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- ink and colour on paper; bound in card covered with silk
- Dimensions
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album 44.5 x 44.5 x 2.5 cm (height x width x depth)
page 44.5 x 44.5 cm (height x width)
painting 34.5 x 34.5 cm (height x width)
pages 20 (count)
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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.
- EA1995.294
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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. 124 on p. 90, p. 9, illus. p. 90 fig. 124
Glossary
porcelain
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porcelain
Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white in colour.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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