Poem by Li Mengyang in running script

Object Details

• Artist

  Zhang Ruitu (1570-1641)

• Author

  Poem by Li Mengyang (1472-1529)

• Provenance

  To 1982

  Wang Nanping (1924-1985), Hong Kong, to 1982

  From 1982

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Wang Nanping in 1982

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Guests of the Hills: Travelers in Chinese Landscape Painting (August 23, 2008 to March 15, 2009)

  Masterpieces of Chinese Calligraphy (June 7, 1994 to March 20, 1995)

  Ming Dynasty Calligraphy and Painting (February 8, 1985 to August 26, 1985)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Wang Nanping 王南屏 (1924-1985)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Calligraphy

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1630s, 1620s

• Name

  Wang, Nanping

• Place

  China

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)