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Details
- Place where the work was made
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China
- Period
- Tongzhi 1862 - 1874 → Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Date
- 1862-1874
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain, overglaze iron red and black
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 18.5 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Mr J.H. Myrtle 1983
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 217.1983
- Copyright
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About
Briefly the archaic script is of type called 'Large Seal Script' popular in the period of the Spring and Autumn Annals (772-481 BCE). According to the inscription it appeared on the inside rim of 'yi' vessel. The translation, very roughly is 'Tian Zhi Zhia [Tian Jijia], copied on a winter day, breathing on the frozen tip of the brush to warm it'.
Dr. Mae Anna Pang in 'Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain', AGNSW, 1980.
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Places
Where the work was made
China
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Aug 1980–21 Sep 1980
Art of the brush, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 23 Sep 1995–12 Nov 1995
Beyond Words: Calligraphic Traditions of Asia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Aug 2016–30 Apr 2017
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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J. Hepburn Myrtle, Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, Sydney, 1980, 27 (illus.). cat.no. 35
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Jackie Menzies, Art of the Brush - Chinese & Japanese painting calligraphy, Sydney, 1995, 6 (illus.), 7.
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