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Book Review
Life and Afterlife in Ancient China
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 301–2
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Steinhardt, Nancy S. (Steinhardt, Nancy S.)
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Life and Afterlife in Ancient China By Jessica Rawson. 506 pp. incl. 37 col. + 135 b. & w. ills. (Allen Lane, London, 2023), £40. ISBN 978–0–241–47270–5. | :
Book Review
Art and Modernism in Socialist China: Unexplored International Encounters, 1949–1979
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 74
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Baecker, Angie C. (Baecker, Angie C.)
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Art and Modernism in Socialist China: Unexplored International Encounters, 1949–1979 Edited by Shuyu Kong, Julia F. Andrews and Shengtian Zheng. 248 pp. incl. 19 col. + 31 b. & w. ills. (Routledge, New York and London, 2024), £135. ISBN 978–1–03–258529–1. | :
Editorial
A one billion pound gift
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 3
Book Review
The Art of the Chinese Picture-Scroll
08/2024 | 1457 | 166
Pages: 887–8
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Lin Sun (Lin Sun)
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The Art of the Chinese Picture-Scroll By Shane McCausland. 288 pp. incl. 184 col. + 15 b. & w. ills. (Reaktion Books, London, 2023), £35. ISBN 978–1–78914–796–4. | :
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7. Detail from Jiangxing chuxue tu (Early Snow along the River), by Zhao Gan (active 961–75). Ink and colours on silk. (National Palace Museum, Taipei).
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The art of Qing imperial afterlife: the ‘Pictures of ancient playthings’ (Guwantu 古玩圖) revisited
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 597–611
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Brosch, Ricarda (Brosch, Ricarda)
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5. Portrait of the Qianlong Emperor in court dress, by Giuseppe Castiglione. 1736. Ink and colour on silk, 242.2 by 176 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Detail of one section of Pictures of ancient playthings. Chinese. 1728. Ink and colour on paper, mounted on silk. (British Museum, London).
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10. Sheet nos.1–9 of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings, viewed from right to left.
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11. Sheet nos.11–16 of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings.
Non-western art unattributed:
12. Detail of the BM scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings, showing a Ru-bowl.
Non-western art unattributed:
13. Ru-bowl. Chinese, Northern Song Dynasty. 1086–1125. Glazed stoneware and copper, height 7.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
14. Detail of the BM scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings, showing a jade ewer.
Non-western art unattributed:
15. Ewer. Chinese, Yuan period. (1271–1368). Jade, height 17 cm. (Ralph Wanger Collection of Chinese Jades, Chicago).
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16. Detail of the first section of the BM scroll.
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17. Part one of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings showing how each antiquity sheet corresponds with a display cabinet.
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18. Part two of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings showing how each antiquity sheet corresponds with a display cabinet.
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19. Detail of Fig.21, showing the decoration of the cabinet.
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Title slip of the BM scroll. Chinese. 1728. Ink and colour on paper, mounted on silk. (British Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
20. Detail of Fig.9, showing the middle part of the second cabinet from the top right with the same form as Fig.21.
Non-western art unattributed:
21. Cabinet. Chinese, Qing Dynasty. 19th century?. Wood with black and gold lacquer, 98 by 95.5 by 17.2 cm. (Private collection).
Non-western art unattributed:
22. Antiquity wall in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Forbidden City. (From From Yangxindian, p.106).
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23. The Tai Mausoleum. Chinese, Qing Dynasty. 18th century. Ink and colour on silk, 216 by 162 cm. (First Historical Archives, Beijing).
Non-western art unattributed:
24. The Hall of Eminent Favours at the Tai Mausoleum, Western Qing Tombs, Yi county. (photograph the author).
Non-western art unattributed:
25. Interior of the Hall of Eminent Favours at the Tai Mausoleum. Photograph, early 20th century. (From Liu Dunzhen: ‘Yixian Qing Xiling’, Zhongguo yingzao xueshe huikan (March 1935), pp.68–109, Appendix).
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26. Groundplan of the Hall of Eminent Favours at the Tai Mausoleum, tomb of the Yongzheng Emperor. (From Si-ling, p.97).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Title slip of the V&A scroll. Chinese. 1729. Ink and colour on paper, mounted on silk. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London).
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4. Portrait of the Yongzheng Emperor in court dress. Chinese, Qing Dynasty. 1723–35. Ink and colour on silk, 277 by 143 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Detail of the first section of Pictures of ancient playthings. Chinese. 1729. Ink and colour on paper, mounted on silk. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Detail of the first section of the V&A scroll, showing the placement of the first and second sheets.
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Sheet no.10 of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings.
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9. Sheet no.17 of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings.
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The Pictures of ancient playthings (Guwantu 古玩圖). Chinese. 1729. Ink and colour on silk, total length 26.48 m. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London; obj. no.E.59-1911).
Western art unattributed:
27. The 16th Bengal Lancers, with J.S. Rivett-Carnac (top row, second from the left). Photograph, 1900. (New York Public Library Digital Collections).
Exhibition Review
Making New Worlds: Li Yuanchia & Friends
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 201–205
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Bolwell, Sarah (Bolwell, Sarah)
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Making New Worlds: Li Yuanchia & Friends Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge 11th November 2023–18th February 2024 | :
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27. Road along the Roman wall (landscape with two houses), by Winifred Nicholson. 1926. Oil on canvas, 126.5 by 189.5 cm. (Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge; courtesy Trustees of Winifred Nicholson).
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28. Installation view of Making New Worlds: Li Yuan-chia & Friends at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, 2023–24. (Photograph Jo Underhill).
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29. Untitled, by Li Yuan-chia. 1994. Hand-coloured photographic print, 40.5 by 43.5 cm. (Courtesy Li Yuan-chia Foundation; exh. Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge).
Exhibition Review
China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 62–65
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Liu, Lihong (Liu, Lihong)
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China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta Cleveland Museum of Art 10th September 2023– 7th January 2024 | :
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1. Detail from Spring in Jiangnan, by Wen Zhengming. 1530. Handscroll, ink and colour on paper. (Shanghai Museum; exh. Cleveland Museum of Art).
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4. Raft cup, attributed to Zhu Bishan. China, Yuan or early Ming dynasty. Silver with chased decoration, length 16 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Lamp in the form of a bull. China, Eastern Han dynasty. Bronze with silver inlay, height 46 cm. (Nanjing Museum; exh. Cleveland Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Installation view of China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
Book Review
Handbook of the Colour Print in China, 1600–1800
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1150–1152
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McNeill, Malcolm (McNeill, Malcolm)
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Handbook of the Colour Print in China, 1600–1800 Edited by Anne Farrer and Kevin McLoughlin. 328 pp. incl. 142 col. + b. & w. ills. (Brill, Leiden, 2021), £175. ISBN 978–90–04–47189–4. | :
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1. Folio 9 from The Story of the Western Wing, by Min Qiji. 1640. Woodblock print, ink and polychrome pigments on paper, 25.5 by 32.2 cm. (Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Cologne; Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne; photograph Sabrina Walz).
Book Review
Leaping the Dragon Gate: The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 723-724
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Glaister, Helen (Glaister, Helen)
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Leaping the Dragon Gate: The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain By Teresa Canepa and Katharine Butler. 576 pp. incl. 850 col. ills. (Ad Ilissvm, London, 2021), £175. ISBN 978–1–912168–16–3. | :
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4. Saucer-dish showing a romantic scene from the play Mudan ting (The Peony Pavilion) in which Du Liniang (‘bridal Du’) dreams of the handsome scholar Liu Mengmei. Qing dynasty, Shunzhi reign, 1644–61. Porcelain decorated in underglaze blue, diameter 16 cm. (Butler Collection).
Exhibition Review
The Burrell Collection
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 386-389
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McKillop, Beth (McKillop, Beth)
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1. Installation view of the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, showing Virgin and Child. France, c.1330– 40. (Photograph Alan McAteer).
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3. Fight between a falcon and a heron. Probably Paris, c.1525. Wool and silk tapestry, 318.5 by 309.8 cm. (Burrell Collection, Glasgow).
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4. Meiping vase. Jingdezhen, Hongwu period (1368–98). Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, height 36.8 cm. (Burrell Collection, Glasgow).
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2. Princess Cecily of York. England, c.1483–84. Stained glass, 40 by 30.5 cm. (Burrell Collection, Glasgow).
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