Birds on a flowering branch
Liang Chen was probably active in the 19th century in present-day Guangdong province, as the Mr Yeyuan mentioned in the inscription here is also named on a fan-calligraphy by another Cantonese scholar Chen Li (1810-1882), now in the collection of the Palace Museum, Taipei. This painting uses the technique of mogu, to paint without outlines. The birds' feathers were coloured by the techniques of smearing and dotting. The inscription reads 'Painted at the request of the esteemed Mr. Yeyuan.'
Details
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Title
Birds on a flowering branch
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Artist/maker
Liang Chen (active c. 1800) -
Associated people
Yeyuan (active 19th century) (named on object) -
Associated place
China (place of creation) -
Date
1800 -
Material and technique
ink and colour on paper
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Object type
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Dimensions
mount 55.6 x 40.3 cm (height x width)
painting 23.9 x 26 cm sight size, estimated (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.
EA1960.221
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 1.1 on p. 196, illus. p. 197 fig. 1.1
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