A scholar holding his beard with his left hand
Details
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Title
A scholar holding his beard with his left hand
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Artist/maker
Min Zhen (1730 - after 1788) -
Associated place
Hankou (place of creation) -
Date
1775 -
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 55.5 x 40.5 cm (height x width)
page 29.3 x 25.8 cm (height x width)
painting 23.2 x 20.5 cm (height x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1964.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1964.233.v
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Catalogue text
Min Zhen was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi province but lived mostly in Hankou, Hubei. He was orphaned at an early age and it is said that the indifferent quality of his family's ancestral portraits prompted him to apply himself particularly keenly to studying painting. He was also a skilled seal carver.
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. 103 on p. 119, illus. p. 120 fig. 103e
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