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Su Shi (Su Dongpo) has his inkstone washed: PD.29-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Su Shi (Su Dongpo) has his inkstone washed

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Description

Su Tung-P'o washing an inkstone (description from the Messel-Rosse inventory). Su Shi (Su Dongpo) was a Chinese scholar-official, active as a poet, essayist, calligrapher and painter during the Song dynasty.

Notes

History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)

Legal notes

Bought with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

Techniques used in production

Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.29-1985
Primary reference Number: 140689
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 31 May 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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