Eleven Poems in running and cursive script

Object Details

• Artist

  Xu Wei 徐渭 (1521-1593)

• Calligrapher

  Frontispiece by Wu Xizai 吳熙載 (1799-1870)

• Colophon

  Colophon by Weng Tonghe (1830-1904)

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Year of the Horse: Chinese Horse Paintings (February 24 to September 2, 2002)

  From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy (July 28, 1986 to February 6, 1987)

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

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Regents' Collections Acquisition Program

• Type

  Calligraphy

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1520s

• Name

  Xu, Wei, Wu, Xizai, Weng, Tonghe

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Cursive script, Art, Chinese Art, Poetry, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Running script

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)