Album of birds and flowers

Title

Album of birds and flowers
Artist/maker

after Wu Rong (active AD 889 - 907) (author)

Jin Yuan (active c. 1857)
Associated place

China (place of creation)
Date

1857
Material and technique

ink and colour on paper
Material index

paper
Technique index

painted;

brush drawing
Object type

painting;

album
Dimensions

album 28.7 x 25.7 x 2.6 cm (height x width x depth)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Presented by Dame Kathleen Courtney, 1964.
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EA1964.221

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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)