Poem in running-standard script

Object Details

• Artist

  Liang Qingbiao (1620-1691)

• Label

  Liang Qingbiao—a poet, calligrapher, and high government official—was a renowned collector and connoisseur of painting and calligraphy. Blending standard and running script, the slanted structures within individual characters and the "bony" quality of the brushwork are typical of Liang's style. His eight-line poem congratulates an elderly acquaintance for an honorary title bestowed by the emperor.

• Provenance

  To ?

  Liu Chengchang (1874-1967). [1]

  To 1985

  Mr. Ho Liu (b. 1917), Falls Church, Virginia, by gift or inheritance from his father, Liu Chengchang (1874-1967). [2]

  From 1985

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Mr. Ho Liu, Falls Church, Virginia. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Liu Chengchang acquired the object while he was at Macau. See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record for further details.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See document dated December 2, 1985, copy in object file, Collections Management Office. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Liu Chengchang (1874-1967)

  Mr. Ho Liu (born 1917)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Calligraphy

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1690s, 1680s

• Name

  Liu, Chengchang, Liu, Ho

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Running-standard script, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Poetry

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)