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Title

The red phoenix

Artist

Wang Xu

China

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    China
    Period
    Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
    Media categories
    Painting , Painting
    Materials used
    ink and colour on silk
    Dimensions
    137.0 x 65.0 cm image; 162.0 x 87.0 cm frame
    Signature & date

    Signed u.l. corner, in Chinese, inscribed in black ink "...painted by Xuezhou Wang Xu".

    Credit
    Purchased 1939
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    6888
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Wang Xu

    Works in the collection

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    China

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

    • Elemental, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jul 2022–2024

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 2 publications

  • Provenance

    Hardy Wilson, 1920s-1939, Australia, purchased in China in the 1920s. Donated to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1939.