Three Heroes Fighting Lü Bu at Hulaoguan
Zhou Jingxin is well known for his paintings of figures from popular fiction. This scene is from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature. The three heroes from the Shu Kingdom – Liu Bei (far left), Zhang Fei (second left) and Guan Yu (far right) – are fighting the powerful warrior Lü Bu (centre). Such heroes have a long history of representation in woodblock illustrations and on porcelain, identified by cartouches situated next to the figure.
Details
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Title
Three Heroes Fighting Lü Bu at Hulaoguan
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Artist/maker
Zhou Jingxin (born 1959) -
Associated people
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Associated place
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Date
1992 -
Material and technique
ink and colour on paper
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Object type
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Dimensions
frame 50.5 x 161 x 2 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 33.2 x 137.2 cm (height x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented in honour of the forthcoming 70th birthdays of Jose Mauricio and Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 1995.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1995.286
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Catalogue text
Zhou Jingxin is well-known for his paintings of figures from vernacular fiction. Liu Bei, Zhang Jue and Guan Yu are the heroes of the Ming novel Sanguo yanyi "Three Kingdoms", by Luo Guanzhong. Such heroes have a long history of representation in woodblock illustrations and on porcelain, where they appear similarly labelled.
Glossary of terms
porcelain
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