Prunus branch
Details
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Title
Prunus branch
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Artist/maker
Yu Shaosong (1882 - 1949) -
Associated place
China (place of creation) -
Date
27 April 1945 -
Material and technique
ink on paper
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Object type
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Dimensions
mount 200 x 48 cm approx. (height x width)
painting 129.7 x 30.7 cm (height x width)
along roller 56.5 cm (length)
rolled 6 cm (diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1965.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1965.246
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Catalogue text
Yu Shaosong was from Longyou in Zhejiang province. He held numerous official positions in education there and was also head of the National Art Training College in Peking. He specialised in landscapes and ink bamboo.
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. 152 on p. 177, illus. p. 177 fig. 152
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