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Fragment of a Manuscript

Wang Zhideng

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a piece of aged paper with Chinese calligraphy. The paper is light-brown and rectangular. It has a white border around it. The calligraphy is written in black ink and consists of 24 columns of characters. The characters are written in a traditional Chinese calligraphy style. There are four red seals at the bottom of the paper. Two are on the right side and two are on the left. The overall appearance suggests that this is a fragment of an ancient manuscript. The title of the manuscript is "Fragment of a Manuscript by Wang Zhideng".

Artwork details

Medium:
Album leaf; ink on ruled paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
599 × 412 px
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