Couplet in clerical script
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Period
mid- to late 19th century -
Geography
China -
Material
Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper -
Dimension
H x W (image, each): 134 x 33.4 cm (52 3/4 x 13 1/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1998.137.1-2 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1998.137.1-2
Object Details
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Calligrapher
Yang Yisun (1812-1881) -
Provenance
To 1998Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (born 1929), New York City, to 1998From 1998Freer Gallery of Art, given by Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in 1998 [1]Notes:[1]All Chinese calligraphy in the gift were published in Mr. Ellsworth's Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: 1800-1950, vol. 3 (New York: Random House, 1986) (according to Curatorial Note 2, Joseph Chang, May 19, 1998, in the object record). -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Previous custodian or owner
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929-2014) -
Origin
China -
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Freer Gallery of Art -
Type
Calligraphy -
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