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Accession number
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1953-0004-0-PL
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Title
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ZH
平山堂秋眺 (píng shān táng qiū tiào)
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EN
Autumn view of Pingshan Hall
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Description
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A stylised image of two ancient Chinese men and several buildings atop a hill or mountain fringed by trees, as seen from the vantage point of a viewer standing on a nearby hill. In the manner of Chinese landscape painting.
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Inscriptions
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Titled "平山堂秋眺", signed "陈壮習作", and dated "癸巳二月" (February 1953) at the upper left corner of the composition, with the artist's name (壮) stylised in the manner of a Chinese seal. Signed on the reverse.
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Dimensions with frame
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N/A
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Condition
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Foxing. Creases at the corners and along the edges. Vertical fold down the centre. Serious insect damage along the top edge. Serious tide lines. Tears along the top, left, and bottom edges. Insect stuck to the work. Dark spots seeping through the paper (clearly visible on the back). Grazing. Bits of paper and abrasions on the reverse.
