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Rubbing of a Stone from the Tang-Fang Collection

東漢武梁祠畫像石拓片

1900–1919

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) or Republican period

(1912-49)
Medium
ink on paper, rubbing
Measurements
Overall: 67 x 234.3 cm (26 3/8 x 92 1/4 in.); Rubbing only: 52.4 x 164.8 cm (20 5/8 x 64 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Yamanaka & Company 1919.77
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To make a rubbing, a moistened sheet of paper is laid over an image and tamped with an ink pad that then colors the raised areas, while leaving concave sections and incised lines white.

Description

The procession of figures, riders, and chariots correspond in part to a section from the east wall in stone chamber 2 of the Wu Liang shrine.
A horizontally oriented ink rubbing on mottled tan paper depicts two registers of dark, silhouetted figures. In the upper register, horse-drawn chariots and riders move to the right among small birdlike forms. The lower register shows figures on foot, some kneeling, alongside more horses and chariots. Vertical cartouches with text separate several figures. The grainy composition features flat, solid shapes against a weathered, textured background.

Rubbing of a Stone from the Tang-Fang Collection

1900–1919

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) or Republican period (1912-49)

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