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The Other Side (part)
Geng Xue created The Other Side in response to the death of a friend in a road accident. It is a dream-like landscape in which a female figure lies dead on the far side of a river. This relates to a rite in Chinese Daoist funerals when the soul of the deceased symbolically crosses a bridge to the world of the dead – a final moment of farewell. The figure of the dead woman resembles the dolls used by female patients in traditional Chinese medicine to point out to doctors where they had problems, without having to reveal their own bodies.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 39106
Creation/Production
Geng Xue
Acquisition
Gift from the artist, 15/12/2009
Given by the artist
Measurements
Height
(cm): 13.2
Length
(cm): 36.7
Depth
(cm): 12
Height
(cm): 54
Width
(cm): 20
Depth
(cm): 18
Height
(cm): 13.7
Width
(cm): 8.7
Depth
(cm): 6.9
Height
(cm): 5
Width
(cm): 10
Depth
(cm): 6.8
Techniques
hand-built
forming
Applied Art
modelled
forming
Applied Art
carved (decoration)
decoration
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
porcelain
Location
Front Hall, South Balcony : Case J
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