Calligraphy

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a semicircular piece of paper with black calligraphy on it. The paper is beige with darker beige and reddish-brown spots. The writing covers most of the paper's surface, with no discernible images. The calligraphy is written in a curved pattern, following the arc of the semicircle. The semicircle is symmetrical about a vertical line through its center. The background of the image is a solid beige color. There is a block of small black text centered at the bottom. The text is too small to read. The overall composition resembles a traditional Chinese fan.