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Calligraphy

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The object is a semi-circular piece of brown paper or silk with black calligraphy written on it. The writing covers most of the surface and consists of numerous characters that appear to be Chinese. The text is written in a flowing script. The background of the image is a light beige color. A small block of blurry black text is centered below the semi-circular object. The calligraphy piece is likely by Unidentified artist.

Artwork details

Date:
17th century or later, spurious date of 1569
Medium:
Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
599 × 296 px
Museum record:
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