VARS2200 Introduction to
Chinese Art (2024-25)
(100%, 90 mins)
Note:
(1) Please put ALL answers in the provided answer book.
(2) Clearly indicate the part and question number.
(3) Please answer in ENGLISH.
Part 1 – 1 Essay Question: Visual analysis (40%, 30 mins)
Part 2 – 7 Short Questions: Identification of Images (35%, 40 mins)
Part 3 – 10 Multiple Choice Questions (25%, 20 mins)
Images for Exam (Parts 1 & 2)
Part 1 – 1 Essay Question: Visual analysis
(40%, 30 mins)
Study these 7 works of art in great detail.
In the exam, TWO images will be shown. Write an essay on any ONE
image, using complete sentences and paragraphs. Firstly, identify the
work by artist, title, theme/subject, approximate date/stylistic period.
1.
Part 1
Jade cong-tube with
imaginative animal.
Liangzhu Culture,
Neolithic period.
Liangzhu Museum.
2. Part 1
Money tree with pottery stand. Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE).
Hong Kong Heritage Museum.
3.
Part 1
Hu jar with painted decoration. Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE).
Hong Kong Heritage Museum.
4.
Part 1
Horse with sancai glaze. Tang dynasty (618-907).
Hong Kong Heritage Museum.
5. Part 1
Double-gourd-shaped vase with cranes among clouds and
auspicious characters in underglaze blue. Imperial kilns,
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province. Jiajing period (1522–1566), Ming
dynasty. The Palace Museum.
6.
Part 1
Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Cooling off the hot summer, 1540.
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk, 147.2 x 61 cm. Hong Kong
Museum of Art.
7. Part 1
Porcelain cup painted with prunus in wucai enamels (the first month cup).
Mark and period of Kangxi (1662 – 1722), Qing dynasty.
Collection of The Tsui Art Foundation. Hong Kong Heritage Museum.
Part 2 – 7 Short Questions: Identification of Images
(35%, 40 mins)
Identify SEVEN images by stating authorship (if known),
title or subject, date or period.
Basin with geometric motifs.
Yangshao Culture, Neolithic period.
Painted pottery pot with swirl patterns.
Dawenkou Culture, Neolithic period.
Eggshell black pottery stem cup with perforations.
Longshan Culture, Neolithic period.
Jade pig-dragon.
Hongshan Culture,
Neolithic period.
Gold Mask. Pit 3, Sanxingdui site. About 1300-1100 BCE.
Bronze kneeling figure with a twisted head.
Pit 4, Sanxingdui site. About 1300–1100 BCE.
Collared jade bi-disc. Excavated from the Jinsha site. About 1200-800 BCE.
Bronze bianzhong chime-bells inscribed with you. Excavated in Shandong
Province. Spring and Autumn period (770 BCE-476 BCE).
Grey pottery model of a pavilion-type house.
Early Eastern Han dynasty (25-76).
Rectangular floor tile with Bao Xiang flower pattern. Tang dynasty (618-907).
Marbled Tripod Dish. Tang dynasty (618-907).
Ewer with appliqué design and brown patches.
Changsha Ware. Late Tang dynasty.
"Secret colour“ (Mise) lobed bowl with celadon glaze. Yue kiln. Tang dynasty (618–907).
Brush washer with sky blue glaze. Ru kiln. Northern Song dynasty (960–1127).
Flowerpot stand with bosses with blue and purple glazes. Jun kiln. Northern Song dynasty (960–1127).
Bowl with impressed floral design under celadon glaze. Yaozhou Ware.
Northern Song dynasty (960-1127).
Pillow in shape of tiger. Cizhou Ware. Jin dynasty (1115-1234).
Foliated bowl with floral scrolls pattern with ivory glaze and copper rim. Ding kiln. Jin dynasty (1115–1234).
Lobed bowl with celadon glaze. Guan kiln.
Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279).
Qingbai glazed jar with four lugs and rivet pattern and animal knob cover.
Porcelain. Dehua kiln, discovered from Nanhai I. Southern Song dynasty.
Green glazed ogee-shaped foliated dish with incised lotus pattern.
Porcelain. Longquan kiln, discovered from Nanhai I. Southern Song dynasty.
Qingbai glazed foliated bowl with stamped plum blossom pattern.
Porcelain. Jingdezhen kiln, discovered from Nanhai I. Southern Song dynasty.
Zhu Bishan, Raft-shaped silver cup
with seated figure and inscriptions,
1345.
Pear-shaped vase with “Three Friends of Winter” in underglaze red.
Imperial Kiln, Jingdezhen. Hongwu period (1368-1398), Ming dynasty.
Dish with a lotus bouquet in underglaze blue.
Imperial Kiln, Jingdezhen. Yongle period (1403–1424),
Ming dynasty.
Doucai stem cup with grapevines. Porcelain. Imperial Kiln, Jingdezhen.
Chenghua period (1465-1487), Ming dynasty.
Wucai dish with dragons and phoenixes among clouds.
Porcelain. Imperial Kiln, Jingdezhen. Wanli period
(1573—1620), Ming dynasty.
Dong Qichang, Landscape and Calligraphy in running script, 1610. Album of double leaves.
Zhu Da, Reeds and mallard, late seventeenth century.
Hanging scroll, ink on paper.
Wang Yuanqi, Landscape after Huang Gongwang, 1703.
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper.
Wu Zhifan, Bamboo brush pot with the scene of feeding horses.
Kangxi period (1662-1722), Qing dynasty.
Falangcai bowl with lotuses and “shou” (longevity) characters on rouge red ground.
Porcelain. Imperial Kiln, Jingdezhen and Imperial Workshops, Beijing. Kangxi period (1662–1722), Qing dynasty.
Rhinoceros horn cup carved with
mantis and butterfly design.
Early Qing dynasty.
Chen Mingyuan, Washer
of lotus shape. Ceramics.
Early eighteenth century.
Peach-shaped brush washer.
Painted enamels on copper-alloy core.
Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735).
Qing dynasty.
Large cloisonné alms bowl with Eight Buddhist Emblems.
Qianlong period, Qing dynasty.
Vase with spiral pattern. Blown glass.
Imperial Workshops, Qianlong mark and
period (1736–1795), Qing dynasty.
Flower receptacle. Aventurine glass.
Qianlong period (1736-1795), Qing dynasty.
Carved red lacquer lidded
banquet box with dragons, 1746.
Qianlong period, Qing dynasty.
Mother-of-pearl shell carved with figures in pavilion garden design, about 1820.
Ivory lady’s sewing box
carved with figures in
garden design, ca. 1840.
Round fan with
embroidery of
figures in
pavilion garden
scene. 1840-
1860.
Vase with butterfly design in fencai enamels and gold.
With mark of Guangxu and of the period (1875-1908),
Qing dynasty.
Jade deer with lingzhi fungus
carved in the round.
Nineteenth century.
Guan Lianchang (Tingqua), Avadavat and bulbul.
Mid-nineteenth century. Gouache on paper.
Wooden box with semi-precious stone
inlay of rose and bird design. Qing dynasty
(1644-1911).
Wang Shengwan, Peach-shaped pewter ewer with poem. Qing dynasty (1644-1911).
Huang Binhong, Boating on a lake.
Early to mid-twentieth century.
Hanging scroll.
Chao Shao-an, Magnolia, 1965. Album leaf.
Zhang Daqian, Splashed-colour landscape, 1966.
Hanging scroll.
