G210 2 Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900
Bronze
#30
Bronze #30
February 28–September 28, 2025
Chinese bronzes made from the 12th to the 19th century are an important but often overlooked category of Chinese art. In ancient China, bronze vessels were emblems of ritual and power. A millennium later, in the period from 1100 to 1900, such vessels were rediscovered as embodiments of a long-lost golden age that was worthy of study and emulation. This “return to the past” (fugu) was part of a widespread phenomenon across all the arts to reclaim the virtues of a classical tradition. An important aspect of this phenomenon was the revival of bronze casting as a major art form. While archaic bronzes were used as containers for food or wine, these so-called “later bronzes” adapted antique shapes and decorative motifs to serve new functions as incense burners, flower vases, and all types of scholar objects. Later Chinese bronzes, however, have long been stigmatized as poor imitations of ancient bronzes rather than being seen as fundamentally new creations with their own aesthetic and functional character.
Arbor 凉亭
Sutra 经
路 — 宋金元的行政划分一级
朱耷: 八大山人
《维摩不二图》王振鹏
元
菩萨原本是男的 - 图像演变成各种形态，大众普遍接受女性。但性别仍是争议
陈宏绶
Velouté
父亲抗清，士途不得志，回家做商业画家，卖画供赏玩 — 到底是按张卖还是按册子卖?
Everything in Ming Dynasty is coded: paintings and bronze vessels had origins to trace:
明人十八学士图
马远的《水图》系列：给宋皇后杨梅子作的画
斑竹
欹：倒过来的钟
中国画讲究气韵：留白
杏园雅集图
Espagnole
In a setting replete with antiques and scholarly paraphernalia that were essential in an elegant residence.