Bamboo
Details
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Title
Bamboo
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Artist/maker
Wang Hao (active Qing Dynasty (1645 - 1911)) -
Associated place
China (place of creation) -
Date
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Material and technique
ink on paper
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
mount 55.4 x 40.3 cm (height x width)
page 22.3 x 46.2 cm (height x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1965.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1965.236
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Catalogue text
Wang Hao, who was from an impoverished family, is known to have been active in the region of Wu county near Suzhou in Jiangsu province where he led a wandering life. He was invited by the Chen family in the vicinity of Haimen to live with them as a resident painter. He was known for his calligraphy as well as his painting.
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. 126 on p. 145, illus. p. 145 fig. 126
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