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Xie Zhiliu Chinese
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These studies of hands and a seated figure are so precise that they must have been traced from the original murals on which they are based. The seated female figure (a donor) is copied from an image on the east wall of Cave 329, Dunhuang.
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現代 謝稚柳 敦煌寫生雜畫 鏡片
Title: Hands and donor figure
Artist:
Xie Zhiliu (Chinese, 1910–1997)
Period: Republic period (1912–49)
Date: datable to 1942–43
Culture: China
Medium: Drawing; ink on transparent paper
Dimensions: Overall: 8 5/8 x 20 in. (21.9 x 50.8 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Sarah Shay, 2005
Accession Number: 2005.411.38
Rights and Reproduction: Estate of Xie Zhiliu
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