Chu Manuscript: section B, reconstruction of archaic text

Published/Created:

China, Hunan Province: Changsha, Chu Tombs (archaeological site)
ca. 300-201 BCE

Physical Description:

ink and color on silk

Notes:

Reconstruction [by Noel Barnard] based upon a trial run of infra-red photographs taken in early 1967. The two major text sections A and B are reversed in respect of one another in the original; the minor sections of text surrounding A and B comprise individual 'titles' (C1, C3, C5, C7, etc.) referring to the Peripheral Figures and a longer 'caption' detailing the attributes of each (C2, C4, C6, C8, etc.). -- N. Barnard

Topics:

Calligraphy -- China -- Zhou dynasty, ca. 1100-256 BCE -- (YVRC)
Painting -- China -- Zhou dynasty, ca. 1100-256 BCE -- (YVRC)

Accession Number:

chinese-0024

Genre:

manuscripts (AAT)
reconstructions (visual works) (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Archives or Manuscripts
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Early Chinese Art and its Possible Influence in the Pacific Basin, 1972, fig. 4b

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection, Asian Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

New York, NY: Arthur M. Sackler Foundation

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 248718

OID:

518801

PID:

digcoll:2124047