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Couplet for Fengting
Qian Feng 錢灃, 1740–1795
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
1998-62 a-b
Information
Title
Couplet for Fengting
Maker
Medium
Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on decorated paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy: 178.6 × 28.7 cm (70 5/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
Mount (each): 217 × 35.8 cm (85 7/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-62 a-b
Place Made
Asia, China
Signatures
signed "Di Feng" 弟灃
Inscription
Text –
Scroll 1: "Junzi ai ren, qi shou zhong [ ]" 君子愛人齊手眾［ ］
Scroll 2: "Zhishi ju ye, ben ci yi cheng" 志士居業本此一誠
Dedicated to "Fengting daxiong" 楓 亭 大 兄
("Fengting" is the name of several figures. Possibly is Cao Jingchen 曹景宸 (hao Fengting, 1707–1776), Yangzhou salt merchant.)
Marks/Labels/Seals
Seven characters in ink on label adhered to edge of each rolled scroll
Culture
Period
Materials
Subject
–1998 John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.
