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Landscape with figures
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Description
This painting was originally painted on a round fan but later re-mounted as an album leaf. The elegant composition and delicate brushwork are reminiscent of the style of the Song period (AD 960-1279) and its revival in the Ming period (1368-1644).
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Details
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- Material and technique
- ink and colour on silk
- Dimensions
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mount 40.3 x 55.6 cm (height x width)
painting 26 x 29.6 cm (height x width)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Miss Isabel Ainger, 1962.
- Accession no.
- EA1962.147
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 2.19 on p. 222, illus. p. 223 fig. 2.19
Past Exhibition
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Location
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- currently in research collection
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