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Calligraphy

Chen Hongshou

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image features a long, narrow piece of calligraphy on a gold background. The artwork is titled "Calligraphy by Chen Hongshou". The gold background has a patterned border with shades of brown. The calligraphy writing is in black ink and consists of 29 lines of characters. The characters appear to be written in a traditional Chinese calligraphy style. The overall design and layout suggest that this is a piece of traditional Chinese art. The artwork appears to be a scroll. The color scheme is predominantly gold and black. The border pattern features shades of brown. The calligraphy is arranged in vertical lines. The lines of text are all roughly the same size. The text lines are not evenly spaced.

Artwork Details

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on green paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
231 × 623 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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