Calligraphy Artist: Cen Zhongmian (Chinese, 1885–1961)

late 19th–early 20th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Medium

Page for copying sutras mounted as an album leaf, ink on brown paper

Dimensions

without mounting: 9 3/16 × 11 1/4 in. (23.3 × 28.5 cm)
with mounting: 13 1/8 × 23 1/8 in. (33.3 × 58.8 cm)

Credit Line

The Clyde and Helen Wu Collection of Chinese Painting, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Roger Wu

Accession Number

2003.142.21

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

late Qing to early Republican period (1644–1949)

Classification

Calligraphy

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Provenance
Helen T. Wu (1929–2015) and Dr. Clyde Wu (1933–2015), Grosse Pointe, Mich., by 2003; by descent to their son Dr. Roger Wu, and Ruth Wu, San Francisco, Calif., by 2003; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2003
Object copyright
Not Assigned
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Object/Work type

calligraphy

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