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Exhibition Review
China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 62–65
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Reviewer:
Liu, Lihong (Liu, Lihong)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Paintings / Prints / Musical instruments / Furniture / Tapestries / Jades / Bronzes / Silks / Ceramics / Lacquerware / Carvings
museums and institutions:
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, United States
subjects:
Chinese art / Han Dynasty / Song / Yuan Dynasty / Qing / Ming
Reviewed Items
subjects:
China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta Cleveland Museum of Art 10th September 2023– 7th January 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail from Spring in Jiangnan, by Wen Zhengming. 1530. Handscroll, ink and colour on paper. (Shanghai Museum; exh. Cleveland Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
4. Raft cup, attributed to Zhu Bishan. China, Yuan or early Ming dynasty. Silver with chased decoration, length 16 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Lamp in the form of a bull. China, Eastern Han dynasty. Bronze with silver inlay, height 46 cm. (Nanjing Museum; exh. Cleveland Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Installation view of China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
Article
A pair of Qianlong imperial enamel painted glass vases in the Corning Museum of Glass
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 832-839
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Author:
Maxwell, Christopher L. (Maxwell, Christopher L.)
Author:
Xue, Shelly (Xue, Shelly)
Subjects
media:
Glassware
museums and institutions:
Corning Museum of Glass, New York, United States
styles:
Qianlong period (1736-96) / Qing
subjects:
Vases / Glassware / Enamels / Chinese art / Iconography / Birds / Flowers / Symbolism (artistic concept) / Calligraphy / Seals / Techniques / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Materials / Qing
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Details of the left-hand vase in Fig.1, showing the golden pheasants (left) and peonies (right).
Attributed works:
7. A golden pheasant, by Yu Sheng and Zhang Weibang. c.1750−61. Ink on paper, 41.9 by 43.9 cm. (Repr. The Birds of the Qing Court, Beijing 2014).
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Pair of vases decorated with golden pheasants and peonies. China, Qianlong mark and period (1736−96). Enamel-painted glass, height 16.2 cm. (The Corning Museum of Glass, NY).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Box. China, Kangxi mark and period (1696−1722). Enamel-painted glass, 3.2 by 4.5 cm. (Kunstmuseum Den Haag).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Detail of a Yu Huchan vase decorated with golden pheasants and peonies, Qianlong period (1736−96). Enamel-painted porcelain, height 16.3 cm. (Tian Jin Museum, Tianjin).
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Details of the right-hand vase in Fig. 1, showing the golden pheasants (left) and peonies (right)
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Detail of the right-hand vase in Fig.1, showing the calligraphy and seals.
Western art unattributed:
2. Bottle. Probably Saxony, c.1710−20. Engraved opaque white glass, height 10.8 cm. (The Corning Museum of Glass, NY).
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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Reviewer:
Wang, Lianming (Wang, Lianming)
Subjects
artists:
Castiglione, Giuseppe / Guanpeng, Ding / Wen, Fu
buildings:
Imperial Palace, Beijing, China
dates:
1700-1799
media:
Paintings
patrons:
Qianlong, Chinese Emperor / William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941
places:
China / Beijing
subjects:
Chinese painting / Qing / Qianlong / Buddhist / Patronage / Workshops (Organisations) / Courts (social groups) / Jesuits / Iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. The Buddha preaching, by Ding Guanpeng. 1770. Pigment on silk, 525 by 950 cm. (Ethnological Museum, Berlin; bpk; photograph Dietrich Graf).
Book Review
China and the Church: Chinoiseries in Global Context. By Christopher M.S. Johns; The Shining Inheritance: Italian Painters at the Qing Court, 1699–1812. By Marco Musillo
07/2017 | 1372 | 159
Pages: 562-563
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
dates:
1700-1799 / 1800-1819
places:
China
subjects:
Chinoiserie / Jesuits / East-West trade / Catholicism / Italian painting / Qing
subjects:
Religious art / Influence
Book Review
Chinese Ceramics. From the Paleolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty
11/2011 | 1304 | 153
Pages: 746
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Editor:
Kerr, Rose (Kerr, Rose; K., R.)
Subjects
places:
China
print:
Ceramics
subjects:
Ceramics / Chinese / Excavations / Earthenware / Prehistoric / Sui / Tang / Five Dynasties / Song / Liao / Jin (Six Dynasties) / Ming / Qing
subjects:
Surveys
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Chinese Ceramics. From the Paleolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty | editor: Bower, Virginia L. , editor: Li Zhiyan
Exhibition Review
China: the three emperors. London
03/2006 | 1236 | 148
Pages: 213–14
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Reviewer:
Pearce, Nick (Pearce, Nick)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009 / 1660-1719 / 1720-1729 / 1730-1739 / 1740-1749 / 1750-1799
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
places:
England / London
print:
Chinese Art
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Chinese Art / Chinese painting / Costume / Politics / Cultural history / History / Qianlong / Yongzheng / Kangxi / Chinese
subjects:
Qing
Reviewed Items
subjects:
China: The Three Emperors, 1662–1795 | institution: Royal Academy of Arts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
72. The Qianlong Emperor and the royal children on New Year's Eve, attributed to Giuseppe Castiglione (Chinese name Lang Shining). 1736–37. Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk, 275 by 160.2 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
73. The Qianlong Emperor in ceremonial armour on horseback, by Guiseppe Castiglione (Chinese name Lang Shining). 1739 or 1758. Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk, 322.5 by 232 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
71. Emperor's yellow dragon robe (longpao). Qianlong period (1736–95). Silk with silk embroidery trimmed with silk and metal thread brocade, 143 cm. long. (Palace Museum, Beijing; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
74. Portrait of the Yongzheng Emperor reading a book. Anonymous court artists. Yongzheng period (1723–35) or possibly later. Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk, 171.3 by 156.5 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Book Review
Classic Chinese Furniture of the Qing Dynasty
03/1998 | 1140 | 140
Pages: 206-207
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Reviewer:
Kerr, Rose (Kerr, Rose; K., R.)
Subjects
places:
China
subjects:
Chinese / Furniture / Qing
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Classic Chinese Furniture of the Qing Dynasty | author: Chou, Juliet Yung-Yi , author: Mason, Lark E. , author: Tian, Jiaqing
Book Review
Chinese Ceramics. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911
05/1987 | 1010 | 129
Pages: 334-335
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Reviewer:
Tregear, Mary (Tregear, Mary; Tregear, M.)
Subjects
dates:
1600-1799 / 1800-1899 / 1900-1919
places:
China
subjects:
Chinese Art / Ceramics / Porcelain
subjects:
Qing
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Chinese Ceramics. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 | author: Kerr, Rose
Book Review
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. Illustrated Catalogue Section 2: Ch'ing Enamelled Wares
10/1959 | 678/679 | 101
Pages: 363-364
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Author:
Ayers, John (Ayers, John; Ayers, John Gilbert; A., J. G.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
David, Percival
dates:
1950-1959
museums and institutions:
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, Great Britain
places:
England / China
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese / Collections, Private / Catalogues / Qing
subjects:
Ceramics / Famille verte / Famille rose
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. Illustrated Catalogue Section 2: Ch'ing Enamelled Wares | author: David, Sheila
Book Review
Chinesische Gemalde der Ming- und Ch'ing-Zeit
08/1953 | 605 | 95
Pages: 285
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Reviewer:
S., D. M. (S., D. M.)
Subjects
artists:
Tang Yin, 1470-c. 1523
places:
China
subjects:
Chinese painting / Ming / Qing / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Chinesische Gemalde der Ming- und Ch'ing-Zeit | author: Speiser, Werner
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