Figure beneath a tree
Details
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Title
Figure beneath a tree
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Artist/maker
Yin Quan (active Qing Dynasty (1645 - 1911)) -
Associated place
China (place of creation) -
Date
19th century (1801 - 1900)
Qing Dynasty (1645 - 1911) -
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
mount 40.3 x 55.6 cm (height x width)
painting 25 x 53.5 cm (height x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1960.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EAX.1405
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Catalogue text
Yin Xiaoxia from Changshu in Jiangsu was a female artist who specialised in figures, and was particularly well known for her paintings of noblewomen. Her paintings were reputed to achieve a Buddhist tranquility.
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. 151 on p. 176, illus. p. 176 fig. 151
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