Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Catalogue (6)

Author: Fu Yangang
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Publishing Date: 1997-06-01
Features: This book is the sixth volume of the multi-volume Illustrated Catalogue of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting. The Illustrated Catalogue of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting compiles outstanding works selected by the Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Appraisal Group during their nationwide tours. All works included are reproduced from photographs of the original pieces. This volume, the sixth, contains a selection of appraised collections from twenty-one units in Jiangsu region by the Appraisal Group in 1986, totaling 988 pieces. The works in this volume are organized by collection unit and arranged in chronological order of appraisal, labeled as Su1, Su2, Su3, etc.
4. Within each unit, the works are arranged by Chinese historical dynasties, with each dynasty further ordered by the lifespan of the artists. For artists whose lifespans span two dynasties, their works are attributed to the dynasty traditionally associated with them in history. Works by the same artist are arranged in order of their self-proclaimed creation dates, with those without dates placed after those with dates. Anonymous works or those whose authors' lifespans are unknown are placed at the end of each dynasty according to their stylistic period. Due to technical limitations in layout design, there may be inconsistencies in the order of illustrations.
5. For famous calligraphy and paintings with clear provenance and recognized as authentic by historical records, the original titles and names are generally retained.
6. Below each illustration of a work, the corresponding catalog number is marked, allowing readers to refer to the page footer for the work's era, name, and author.
7. For long scrolls and multi-page works where it is difficult to discern the sequence, symbols such as (1), (2), (3) are marked below the illustrations to indicate their order. For exceptionally long horizontal scrolls or scrolls with too many pages, only selected sections from the beginning and end or a few pages from the scroll are included.
8. The Illustrated Catalogue of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting selects only the best works from the Catalogue of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, so the catalog numbers in the Illustrated Catalogue are not continuous. For the convenience of readers, the corresponding Catalogue of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting is appended at the end of the Illustrated Catalogue. Works included in the Illustrated Catalogue are marked with [▲] in the notes section of the Catalogue of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting. All works selected for this volume can be consulted in the appended Catalogue of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting for details on their form, material, ink color, and dimensions.
9. In the creation date column of the appended Catalogue of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, the self-proclaimed dates by the authors are supplemented with the Common Era, dynasty era, or the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches calendar.
10. For collaborative works included in this volume, only one of the collaborators' names is used as the title. In the notes section of the same work in the appended Catalogue of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, symbols such as ①, ②, ③ are marked, allowing readers to refer to the page footer for the names of the other collaborators.
11. The works included in this volume are generally based on the consensus of the appraisal group. For a few works with differing opinions, symbols such as ①, ②, ③ are marked in the notes section of the appended Catalogue of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, allowing readers to refer to the page footer for each expert's opinion for further discussion.