Vadas József (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 12. (Budapest, 1992)

Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts

The painting exemplifies a contemporary variant of the traditional Chinese painting (guo hua). The artist worked using die 'boneless', loose-brush (xie-yi) technique and hied to balance die wet and die dry textures using spilled wet ink to form die mountains and the islands. He oudincd die cliffs and trees using sure, firm brashstrokes made with a worn brush and patches of nibbed ink. He used splashed slight colour and black ink. Certain expressive details, e.g. die two trees with twisted branches in die foreground of the painting, reflect Yang De-shan's artistic vein. Yang De-shan, a contemporary Chinese painter spent several months in Hungary. He tried to follow die Fu Bao-shi School bodi in composition and in technique. This school of Chinese painting is represented best by works of Fu Bao-shi, Zhang Daqian, Huang Bin-hong etc. Purchased from the painter. Inv.No.: 91.29.1. 3. Imperial Birthday Wood-block print, paper, hand-coloured. China, Yangliuqing. 1894. Marked: Ai zhu hua dian. Size: 51 x 107 cm. Published in Modernization in Chinese Popular Prints at the Beginning of the Century. New Year prints from the Yang-liuch'ing workshop: Ars Decorativa XI (1991), pp.138-139, 166., by Mária Ferenczy. Provenience unknown. Inv.No.: 91.30.1. 4. Standing lady (tomb figure) Lead-glased, san-cai buff pottery. China, Tang dynasty (7tii-9tii century). Height: 23 cm. The pinkish-buff pottery is covered with dark tones of brown and green. The glaze covers the slender figure of die lady, her bell-shaped attire and her shawl covering the hands. The head and neck arc left unglazcd. The finely-shaped face, the halfclosed eyes and die exquisite hairdo were originally painted. The full beauty of the face can be surmised only: die face of the statuette is damaged. According to W. Watson the lead-glazed dirce-colourcd pottciy (san cai tao) of the Tang dynasty "were produced from the end of the 7th century to the middle of the 8th when production was closely associated widi needs of the capital as Chang'an, whether for palace or funerary use." (William Watson, Tang and Liao Ceramics. Thames and Hudson, London 1984. p. 50.). Purchased from Mrs László Keresztes. Inv.No.: 91.44.1. 5. Pu-tai (Budai) Tê-hua porcelain widi crackle glaze. China, early 20tii century. Height: 15 cm. D.: 7.2 cm The jovial, obese mendicant monk, a personification of well-being and hcaltii, is represented by this fine standing statuette; die monk holds a sack in his left hand. Donated by Anna Hailner. Inv.No.: 91.21.1. 6. Imperial gift box with the character "Spring" Carved red lacquer. China, 18th century. Marked (in seal form on the bottom of die box): Dai Qing Qian-long nian zhi: "made during the Qian-long reign [ 17361796] of die Great Qing Dynasty." Inscription (incised on die bottom of die box): Dai Qing Qian-long nian zhi Chun Shou bao he: "Spring and Long Life Treasure Box made during the Qian-long reign of the Great Qing Dynasty. Diam.: 35 cm. Height widi cover: 11.6 cm. The wood-bodied, round box has a ring foot base coated with almost hundred layers