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Tang Dancing Girl

  • loan

  • Description

    Though he studied modern art in France in the 1930s, Pang Xunqin (1906-1985) had always been greatly interested in, and dedicated to the study of traditional Chinese decorative patterns and techniques. He studied traditional decorative textiles and patterns extensively, especially those of minority ethnic groups, when he took refuge during the Second World War (1939-1945) in west China in the 1940s. This piece is among the series of traditional baimiao line drawings he made at that time, combining his studies of ancient costume and decorative patterns. There are four line drawings of Tang dancing girls by Pang Xunqin, including this one, [LI2022.112, LI2022.162, and LI2022.178] in Michael Sullivan’s (1916-2013) Collection, all given to him by the artist.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › China › Sichuan province › Chengdu (place of creation)
    Date
    1944 - 1945
    Artist/maker
    Pang Xunqin (1906 - 1985) (artist)
    Material and technique
    ink and colour on silk
    Dimensions
    painting 32.8 x 48.8 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    organic › animal › animal product › silk,
    processed material › textile › silk
    Technique index
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    painted
    Object type index
    communications equipment › art/writing equipment › scroll › hanging scroll,
    visual representation › painting,
    visual representation › scroll › hanging scroll
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    On loan from the Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection.
    Accession no.
    LI2022.149

  • Further reading

    Sullivan, Michael, Modern Chinese Art: The Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection, revised edn (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2009), no. 94 on p. 116, illus. p. 116 fig. II.94

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Location

    • currently in research collection

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