Gallery

These depictions of scenes from The Story of the Western Wing are not from The Burrell Collection in Glasgow.  However, they are beautiful pieces of Art which nevertheless, depict scenes from the Story of the Western Wing and so they illustrate the variety of   Chinese artwork which has been influenced by the story.

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Chinese dish with deep rounded sides and everted rim.

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period, 1673

Painted in underglaze cobalt blue and red.

Another scene depicting the scene where Student Zhang first sees Oriole

Attributed to Qiu Ying (1552-1560).

Album leaf, ink and colour on silk, height 37cm, width 33cm, East Asian Library, University of California.

Student Zhang reclines on a daybed with his zither at his side

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Chinese Stamp

Oriole's mother becomes suspicious of the affair

Publicity magazine cover for 1927 film production Romance of the Western Chamber

(Source: China Film Archive)

Oriole and Crimson walk in the grounds of the Monastery

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