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Joint calligraphy

Huang Daozhou

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a long rectangular piece of aged paper with black Chinese calligraphy written on it. The paper is a light brown color with darker edges and a red mark in the bottom-right corner. There are 24 columns of characters written in black ink. The text is written in a vertical line from top to bottom. The paper is placed on a black background, and there is a small color palette at the bottom of the image. The title of the work is "Joint calligraphy by Huang Daozhou".

Artwork details

Date:
dated 1632
Medium:
Handscroll; ink on satin
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 450 px
Museum record:
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