Calligraphy in large seal script and standard script

Object Details

• Artist

  Zhang Guangyuan 張光遠

• Provenance

  To 1987

  Chang Kuang-yuan of the National Palace Museum, Taiwan. [1]

  1987

  Thomas Lawton, Washington DC, gift of Chang Kuang-yuan of the National Palace Museum, Taiwan. [2]

  From 1987

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Thomas Lawton, Washington, DC [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Chang Kuang-yuan

  Thomas Lawton

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Thomas Lawton

• Type

  Calligraphy

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• Date

  1970s

• Name

  Lawton, Thomas, Kuang-yuan, Chang

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Large seal script, Chinese Art, Modern period (1912 - present), Standard script

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)