Calligraphy in Running Script (Xingshu) | Yale University Art Gallery

17th century

Medium: Fan, ink on gold-flecked paper, album
Dimensions: without mounting: 6 3/8 × 20 1/2 in. (16.2 × 52.1 cm)
with mounting: 14 11/16 × 23 1/2 in. (37.31 × 59.69 cm)
Credit Line: S. Sidney Kahn, B.A. 1959, Fund
Accession Number: 1985.54.2
Geography: China
Culture: Chinese
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Classification: Calligraphy
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Provenance

Sale, Sotheby's, New York, Novermber 5, 1981, sale 4722Y, lot 13; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1985

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Additional information

Object/Work type

calligraphy

"seal on lower left of fan, to be deciphered (?Chen Hu)"

Yilin, dedicated to Baowen, and with one seal of the artist, Chen Hu

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