Three ducks swimming in a pool
Details
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Title
Three ducks swimming in a pool
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Artist/maker
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Associated place
China (place of creation) -
Date
1857 -
Material and technique
ink and colour on paper
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Object type
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Dimensions
page 28.7 x 26.7 cm (height x width)
painting 20.7 x 22 cm (height x width) -
No. of items
n/a
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Credit line
Presented by Dame Kathleen Courtney, 1964.
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Museum location
refer to main record
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1964.221.h
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Catalogue text
Jin Yuan, whose dates are unrecorded, was a late Qing dynasty painter from Shaoxing (then Shanyin) in Zhejiang province. He became prefect of Haiyang county in Guangdong province, and was admired for his bird paintings. His works are mentioned by the poet Chihongxuan. A hanging scroll by Jin Yuan is published in Chan 1977, pl.51.
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. 58 on p. 82, illus. p. 81 fig. 58h
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