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Add Or 2202
- Record Id:
- 040-003468216
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003263788
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100089351594.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 2202
- Title:
- [Interior of a hall]. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
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[Interior of a hall]
Depiction of an interior with a pair of matching panelled lanterns with calligraphy and flowers; on the right lantern one panel is inscribed with the incipit of a poem on the plum blossom by Gao Qi (1336-1374). A third elaborate lantern made of several different materials hangs in the middle; and a wooden table supporting a vase with flowers, a small pink container, and a small two-stands display with a vase with a fruit, and a small white vase with flowers. On the right, on the table, a frog-shaped bronze supporting spouting clouds, supporing a carved jade bi disc.
This image is part of an album of 136 paintings, Add Or 2197-2332.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003263788
040-003468216 - Is part of:
- Add Or 2197-2313 : 117 drawings illustrating the contents and furnishings of Chinese houses and temples.
Add Or 2202 : [Interior of a hall]. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003263788[0006]/040-003468216
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 2197-2313
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not Applicable
- Styles:
- China/Canton style
Chinese school - Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1806
- Date Range:
- 1800-1806
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: Gouache on Western paper
Measurements: 37x45cm
- Publications:
- Lo, A., & Wood, Frances. (2011). Da ying tu shu guan te cang zhong guo qing dai wai xiao hua jing hua = Chinese export paintings of the Qing Period in the British Library. Volume IV. Guangzhou: Guangdong People's Publishing House. pp. 20-21.
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Furniture
Interiors - Places:
- Canton, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Asia