Man playing a qin beneath a pine tree
This special composition of balancing the ‘fullness’ on the lower left corner and the ‘emptiness’ on the upper right corner is recognized as one of the typical features of works by Ma Yuan and Xia Gui, the two masters from the Southern Song period (1127-1279). The artist’s signature is hidden in the lower left corner on the rock.
Details
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Title
Man playing a qin beneath a pine tree
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Artist/maker
probably Xia Gui (active 1195 - c. 1235) -
Associated place
China (place of creation) -
Date
possibly 1195 - c. 1235 -
Material and technique
ink and slight colour on silk
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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)
painting 24.8 x 23.5 cm (height x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs Isabella Cohn, 1972.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1972.24
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 2.27 on p. 230, illus. p. 231 fig. 2.27
Vainker, Shelagh, and Xin Chen, A Life in Chinese Art: Essays in Honour of Michael Sullivan (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), pp. 74-81, illus. pp. 75 & 80
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