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StatsCelestial maiden
Shanghai School
1942
130.0 x 68.0 cm
Xie Zhiliu (1910 – 1997)
Discover Xie Zhiliu’s exquisite traditional Chinese paintings & calligraphy. A Shanghai School master renowned for bird-and-flower art, museum dedicated to his legacy.
Xie brightened the colors used to describe this heavenly attendant, which he copied from an early Tang dynasty (618–907) mural in a cave temple at Dunhuang.
About this artwork
- Title: Celestial maiden
- Artist: Xie Zhiliu
- Year: 1942
- Original dimensions: 130.0 x 68.0 cm
- Format: Tall
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Creative period: Early Modern
- Main color: Putty
- Keywords: tang dynasty art , shanghai school , “vintage painting”
- Perceived brightness: brilliant