Yuxiao Ran — Ignorance Buried Here (oil on calico fabric, 2022)
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Painting by Zhao Ying 赵鹰 (Chinese, born 1957) - The Last Concubine
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Dragon Kings of the Four Seas
Renowned Shanghai painter’s Dai Dunbang (戴敦邦) 20th century illustration for the Chinese Ming dynasty classic “Journey to the West” (《西遊記》) attributed to Wu Cheng'en (吳承恩).
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Yüan-chi, fl. 1064-1067
Monkeys and Cat (detail)
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Liu Wei — Panorama No. 2 (oil on canvas, 2015/2016)
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Pan Yuliang Nu assis au peignoir rouge 1955
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Five Horses: Song Dynasty Equine ID Cards by Li Gonglin
A collection of equine ID cards created by Li Gonglin (李公麟), courtesy name Boshi, in the Northern Song dynasty. A scroll combining the functions of historical evidence and accounting record, depicts five exquisite horses: the gifts to the imperial court from the Western Regions (西域), that is the lands west of the Yumen Pass (玉門關), including most often Central Asia or sometimes its easternmost part.
Horses’ names are: Fengtoucong (鳳頭驄), Jinbeicong (錦膊驄), Haotouchi (好頭赤), Zhaoyebai (照夜白) and Manchuanhua (滿川花). Every horse is guarded by the groom (奚官).
On the left side of each picture there is an inscription by the famous calligrapher Huang Tingjian (黃庭堅), specifying the age, height, tribute time, etc. The scroll also contains his postscript.
There is speculation in historian circles that the fifth horse was originally missing. A few modern researchers argue that all horses are the product of Li Gonglin’s imagination.
With the fall of the Qing dynasty, the scroll was removed by Pu Yi from the palace and sold to a private collection in Japan with the help of his teacher Chen Baochen's nephew Liu Kechao. Now it is in the Tokyo National Museum.
Photo: ©书格数字图书馆
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