Calligraphy in clerical script

Object Details

• Artist

  Yi Da'an (1876-1941)

• Provenance

  Hui-shu Chang (1898-1988) [1]

  From 1988 to 2001

  Tong-Ching Chang, Gaithersburg, MD, by descent from Hui-shu Chang in 1988 [2]

  From 2001

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Ms. Tong-Ching Chang in 2001

  Notes:

  [1] This work was created for, and dedicated to, Hui-Shu Chang (1898-1988), the father of the donor, Tong-ching Chang (according to Provenance Remark 1, Joseph Chang, June 12, 2001, in the object record).

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hui-shu Chang (1898-1988)

  Ms. Tong-Ching Chang

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Tong-Ching Chang in memory of her father Hui-Shu Chang

• Type

  Calligraphy

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1940s, 1900s

• Name

  Chang, Hui-shu, Chang, Tong-Ching

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Fans, Art, Chinese Art, Clerical script

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)