Calligraphy in Running Script Artist: Xiong Shiyi (Chinese, 1902–1991)

1977

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Ink on fiber-figured paper

Dimensions

27 1/4 × 13 1/4 in. (69.2 × 33.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Fangyu and Sum Wai Wang

Accession Number

1994.110.10

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Modern

Classification

Calligraphy

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Provenance
Wang Fangyu (1913–1997) and his wife Sum Wai (1918–1996); gift in 1994 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
Not Assigned
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Object/Work type

calligraphy

Inscriptions

名列仙班目失明，結因茲土待來生。把君此卷且歸去，何限天涯故國情。丁巳（1977）春季錄陳寅恪兄贈詩以應方宇先生疋命。熊式一。時年七十又七。\r\n\r\nSeal\r\n熊式一印信、秀才人情\r\n\r\n[I am] listed among the bands of gods with blind eyes;\r\nHere on this land we tie our karmas and wait for the next life.\r\nI shall hold this scroll of yours and go back;\r\nAnd the passions for the motherland will nto be limited by the distance.\r\n\r\nWritten in the spring of 1977, a transcription of the poem given [to me] by Chen Yinke, in order to meet the commands of Mr. Fangyu. Xiong Shiyi, at age 77.

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