Man on a donkey, and calligraphy
Details
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Title
Man on a donkey, and calligraphy
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Artist/maker
Huang Shen (1687 - 1772) -
Associated place
China (place of creation) -
Date
1687 - 1772 -
Material and technique
ink and colour on paper
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
conservation mount 40.5 x 55.5 cm (height x width)
fabric mount 36.5 x 53.6 cm (height x width)
painting 35 x 27 cm (height x width)
calligraphy 30.6 x 20.7 cm (height x width) -
No. of items
2
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Credit line
Purchased, 1956.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1956.3920
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Catalogue text
Huang Shen was born in Ninghua, Fujian province, where he spent his youth and the later part of his life. His middle years however were spent in the thriving city of Yangzhou in Jiangsu province, and he is among the painters known as the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou (Yangzhou baguai). His early, meticulous style gave way in maturity to a rough, splashed ink technique which proved highly lucrative in the prosperous mercantile environment of Yangzhou.
In: Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000)
Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 52 on p. 73, illus. p. 73 fig. 52
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