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Description

Li Yanshan (1898-1961), also known as Li Juduan, was a traditional calligrapher and ink painter from Guangdong province. He was head of the art college in Guangzhou but in the late 1940s he moved to Hong Kong.
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Associated place

Asia › China › Guangdong province › Guangzhou (place of creation)

Asia › China › Guangdong province (subject)

Date

1939

Artist/maker

Li Yanshan (1898 - 1961)

Feng Kanghou (1901 - 1983) (calligrapher)

Material and technique

ink and colour on paper

Dimensions

53.3 cm (width)

Material index

processed material

Technique index

covered › coated,

marked,

decorated,

drawn (image) › line drawing

Object type index

visual representation

No. of items

1

Credit line

Purchased with the assistance of the Lady Cash Bequest, 1965.

Accession no.

EA1965.37
Further reading

Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 70 on p. 90, p. 91 fig. 70

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