Letter
Letter
Letter
Letter

Currently not on view

Letter

Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
1998-91 ss-tt

Information

Title
Letter
Medium
Album leaf (kai); ink on paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy (ss): 19 × 8.6 cm (7 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.) Calligraphy (tt): 19 × 8.5 cm (7 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-91 ss-tt
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Ming, Qing
Type
albums, letters (correspondence), calligraphy (visual work), calligraphy (writing)
Subject
chrysanthemums

–1998 John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.

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