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Two Poems

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Poems by Unidentified artist. The image shows a piece of paper with calligraphy written on it. The paper is off-white and rectangular. The calligraphy is written in black ink and consists of multiple lines of Chinese characters. The characters are arranged in two columns. The left column contains 14 lines of characters; the right column contains 13 lines. The characters vary in size and are written in a brush script style. There are two red stamps in the bottom-right corner of the paper. The stamps are small and rectangular, stacked vertically. The paper has a thin brown border around the edges. The background behind the paper is plain white.

Artwork Details

Date
n. d.
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 309 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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