Poem by Li Mengyang in running script

Object Details

• Artist

  Zhang Ruitu (1570-1641)

• Author

  Poem by Li Mengyang (1472-1529)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Wang Nanping 王南屏 (1924-1985)

• Provenance

  To 1982

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

  From 1982

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Wang Nanping in 1982

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Calligraphy

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1630s, 1620s

• Name

  Li, Mengyang, Wang, Nanping, Zhang, Ruitu

• Place

  China

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)