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painting / hanging scroll
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Object type
Museum number
1881,1210,0.87.CH
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Description
Hanging scroll. Portrait of an official in front of the Forbidden City. Painted in ink and colours on silk. Signature and seal.
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Producer name
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Culture/period
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Date
- 16th century (about)
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Production place
- Made in: Beijing
- (Asia,China,Beijing (municipality),Beijing (city))
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Findspot
- Found/Acquired: China
- (Asia,China)
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Materials
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Technique
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Dimensions
- Height: 170 centimetres (image)
- Width: 110.8 centimetres (image)
- Height: 197 centimetres (scroll)
- Width: 114.5 centimetres (scroll)
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Inscriptions
Inscription Type
signatureInscription Position
above seals, on right side 畫幅右邊款Inscription Language
ChineseInscription Content
豐溪Inscription Transliteration
Fengxi
Inscription Type
sealInscription Content
酣齁無夢閒章 (?)Inscription Comment
Seal in intaglio 白文方印
Inscription Type
sealInscription Language
ChineseInscription Content
朱邦之印Inscription Transliteration
Zhu Bang zhi yinInscription Translation
Seal of Zhu BangInscription Comment
Seal in relief 朱文印
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Curator's comments
See Roderick Whitfield, 'Some Che School Paintings in the British Museum, 'Burlington Magazine', May 1972, pp. 285-294.'87. Excellent work.'
'Imperial Tomb.' 'Apotheosis?' 'Seal, Chu Pang (H.C.1500)'
'Fēng-Ch'i 豐嵠' (unattributed annotations in the specially interleaved Japanese Study Room copy of Anderson 1886) -
Bibliography
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Location
Not on display
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Exhibition history
Exhibited:
2014 Sep-2015 Jan, BM WCEC, 'Ming: 50 years that changed China'
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Subjects
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Associated places
- Topographic representation of: Forbidden City
- (Asia,China,Beijing,The Forbidden City)
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Acquisition name
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Acquisition date
1881
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Acquisition notes
The collection of over 2,000 Japanese and Chinese paintings assembled by Prof. William Anderson during his residency in Japan, 1873-1880, was acquired by the Museum in 1881. The items were not listed in the register, but rather were published separately as the 'Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of a Collection of Japanese and Chinese Paintings in the British Museum' (Longmans & Co, 1886).
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Department
Asia
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Registration number
1881,1210,0.87.CH
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Additional IDs
- Ch.Ptg.144 (Chinese Painting Number)
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