Time to Travel
Time to Travel

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Time to Travel

Zheng Xiaoxu 鄭孝胥, Chinese, 1860–1938
2015-6791

Information

Title
Time to Travel
Maker
Zheng Xiaoxu 鄭孝胥
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy: 116.8 × 31.5 cm (46 × 12 3/8 in.) Mount: 190 × 50 cm (74 13/16 × 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Chin Howe in memory of her husband, King L. Howe
Object Number
2015-6791
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Inscribed: For his dear friend [Zhou 周] Jinshu 錦書; signed "Xiaoxu" 孝胥
Marks/Labels/Seals
Titleslip on back of painting: "Written by Zheng Xiaoxu" / "In the collection of the Zhou Jinshu 周錦書 family" / (unidentified; there are many people named Zhou Jinshu / "Titleslip inscription written by Xiao-wei?-mo 小維摩" / (unidentified; possibly Wang Shaotao 王少濤 (1883–1948), a poet from Taiwan)
Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
scroll paintings
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Techniques
calligraphy (writing)
Subject
calligraphy (visual work)

– Zheng Xiaoxu, 1860–1938 (China), by gift to Zhou Jinshu 周錦書 (unidentified, China)
–2015 Mrs. Chin Howe (Lewisville, TX), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2015.

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