Seven Worthies of the Bamboo Grove and Rong Qiqi

CHINA

The Seven Worthies of the Bamboo Grove and Rong Qiqi
and Ginkgo trees

Rubbings made of the relief-murals on the bricks of the tomb of the late 4th - early 5th century A.D. ,
titled 'Seven Worthies of the Bamboo Grove and Rong Qiqi' (also known as the 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove').
Nanjing Museum, China.
Tomb found in Xishanqiao, Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China in 1960. Each mural measures 2.4 by 0.8 meters.

Rubbings of brick reliefs from the walls of the tomb at Xishanqiao:

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south wall
Ginkgo trees left and right

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north wall
Ginkgo trees left, middle and right

Rong Qiqi Seven worthies of the Bamboo grove

Rong Qiqi under a Ginkgo tree.
Relief detail, tomb at Xishanqiao, Nanjing.
(From Yao and Gu, Liuchao yishu. )
'The Seven Worthies of the Bamboo Grove and Rong Qiqi'
Brick relief from the north wall.

Another rubbing can be seen on my Art-page.

Portrait-murals of the Seven Worthies with Ginkgo trees are also found in the royal tomb at Wujiacun, Danyang county, Jiangsu province, China (late fifth century A.D.) and in the royal tomb at Jinjiacun, Danyang county, Jiangsu province, China (late fifth century A.D.).

Xi Kang under a Ginkgo tree (left).
Relief detail, royal tomb at Jinjiacun (west wall)

More pictures and info:
Spiro, Audrey. Contemplating the Ancients: Aesthetic and Social Issues in Early Chinese Portraiture. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1990.

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