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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).
Non-western art unattributed:
10. Sheet nos.1–9 of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings, viewed from right to left.
Non-western art unattributed:
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).
Non-western art unattributed:
16. Detail of the first section of the BM scroll.
Non-western art unattributed:
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.
Non-western art unattributed:
19. Detail of Fig.21, showing the decoration of the cabinet.
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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).
Non-western art unattributed:
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).
Non-western art unattributed:
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.
Non-western art unattributed:
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).
Book Review
Praying for Myriad Virtues: On Ding Guanpeng’s ‘The Buddha Preaching’ in the Berlin Collection. By Ching-Ling Wang
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 871-872
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Wang, Lianming (Wang, Lianming)
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4. The Buddha preaching, by Ding Guanpeng. 1770. Pigment on silk, 525 by 950 cm. (Ethnological Museum, Berlin; bpk; photograph Dietrich Graf).
Book Review
Chinese Wallpaper in Britain and Ireland. By Emile de Bruijn
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 868-869
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Wells-Cole, Anthony (Wells-Cole, Anthony; Cole, Anthony Wells-)
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1. Detail of a wallpaper, by Wang Zhengyue. Probably 1877. Ink and watercolour on thirty-two rolls of paper, largest roll 322.6 by 113 cm. (Temple Newsam, Leeds).
Book Review
Contemporary Chinese Art: A Critical History, P. Gladston Contemporary Chinese Art. A History: 1970s to 2000s, W. Hung
06/2015 | 1347 | 157
Pages: 422-423
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Hill, Katie (Hill, Katie)
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43. Portable city: Madrid, by Yin Xiuzhen (Alexander Ochs, Berlin)
Article
Alfred Stevens and the arts of Asia
01/2015 | 1342 | 157
Pages: 14-17
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Lees, Sarah (Lees, Sarah )
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15. A duchess (The blue dress), by Alfred Stevens (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown MA)
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16. Manga vol.14, p.3r, by Katsushika Hokusai (British Museum, London)
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17. Manga vol.14, pp.6r, 5v, by Katsushika Hokusai (British Museum, London)
Exhibition Review
China and Versailles [and Charlemagne]
09/2014 | 1338 | 156
Pages: 622-626
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Pullins, David (Pullins, David)
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60. Emperor Qianlong, by Charles-Eloi Asselin. c.1776. Sèvres hard-paste porcelain. 23.7 by 17.4 cm. (Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon).
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61. Merchants making up packages, with a Jesuit in conversation with a Chinese man, by Queen Marie Leszczynska in collaboration with several artists under the direction of Etienne Jeaurat. 1761. Canvas, 279.1 by167.5 cm. (Château de Mouchy, Mouchy-le-Châtel; exh. Château de Versailles).
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62. Pair of Chinese celadon baluster vases in French gilt bronze mounts. 14th century (porcelain) and c.1770 (mounts), 79 cm. high. (Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon).
Exhibition Review
Contemporary Chinese art
04/2014 | 1333 | 156
Pages: 257-258
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White, Celia (White, Celia)
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57. Installation view of The box, by Zhang Enli (Exh. Hauser & Wirth, London)
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58. Transparent shelf, by Zhang Enli (Exh. Hauser & Wirth, London)
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59. Installation view of Density1, by Liu Wei (Exh. White Cube, London)
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60. Yellow, by Tian Wei (Exh. October Gallery, London)
Exhibition Review
Masterpieces of Chinese painting
03/2014 | 1332 | 156
Pages: 180-181
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Vainker, S. J. (Vainker, S. J.)
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27. Ink orchid, by Zheng Sixiao (Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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28. Detail of Flowers on the river, by Bada Shanren (Tianjin Museum; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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29. Detail of Court ladies preparing newly woven silk, possibly by Emperor Huizong (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Article
The acquisition of the Wegener collection of Chinese paintings by the British Museum
07/2013 | 1324 | 155
Pages: 463-470
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Huang, Michelle Ying Ling (Huang, Michelle Ying Ling)
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13. Peonies, probably by Miao Jiahui (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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18. Geese, claimed to be by Zhao Chang. Late Qing dynasty (Photograph by M. Huang; courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum, London)
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20. Heavenly lady scattering flowers, by Xu Mei (British Museum, London)
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21. Mirror-polisher at the door of a Manchu family scene on New Year's morning, by Xu Tingkun (British Museum, London)
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14. Olga-Julia Wegener's collecting seal (Photograph by M. Huang; courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum, London)
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15. Pekingese dogs. Anonymous, late Qing dynasty (British Museum, London)
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16. Dog barking in snow outside house gate. Nineteenth-century copy after Fan Kuan (Photograph by M. Huang; courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum, London)
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17. A waterfall. Eighteenth- or nineteenth-century copy after Xia Gui (Photograph by M. Huang; courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum, London)
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19. Lady with Shoulao, painted in the style of Chen Hongshou. Late Ming dynasty (British Museum, London)
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11. Olga-Julia Wegener standing in front of Tiger, probably a Ming copy in the style of Chen Juzhong, in the exhibition of her collection of Chinese paintings at the Königliche Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 9th December 1908 to 10th January 1909. Photograph from G. Wegener: Madeleine: Ein Strauss aus unserm Garten. Olga-Julia, zum 21. März 1910, unserem Zehnten Hochzeitstag, Berlin-Zossen 1910
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12. Olga-Julia Wegener at the Temple of Heaven in Peking. c.1907-09. Photograph from G. Wegener: Madeleine: Ein Strauss aus unserm Garten. Olga-Julia, zum 21. März 1910, unserem Zehnten Hochzeitstag, Berlin-Zossen 1910
Publication Received
The World of Khubilai Khan. Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty
06/2012 | 1311 | 154
Pages: 432
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Kerr, Rose (Kerr, Rose; K., R.)
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The World of Khubilai Khan. Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty | editor: Watt, James C. Y.
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