Quotation from Su Shi in clerical script

Object Details

• Artist

  Wang Shimin (1592-1680)

• Author

  Su Shi (1037-1101) (poet)

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Ch'ing Dynasty Calligraphy and Painting (August 30, 1985 to January 26, 1986)

  Chinese Calligraphy (May 9, 1980 to November 14, 1980)

  A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions 1970-1980 (November 9, 1979 to May 22, 1980)

  Chinese Calligraphy and Ceramics (April 18, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Calligraphy

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1600s, 1680s

• Name

  Wang, Shimin, Su, Shi

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Clerical script

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)