Collected Letters of the Zhao Mengfu Family (Zhao shi yimen he zha 趙氏一門合札)
Collected Letters of the Zhao Mengfu Family (Zhao shi yimen he zha 趙氏一門合札)

Currently not on view

Letter to Zhongfen Mingben,

1321

Zhao Mengfu 趙孟頫, 1254–1322
Chinese
Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368
1998-54 a

Information

Title
Letter to Zhongfen Mingben
Dates

1321

Maker
Zhao Mengfu 趙孟頫
Medium
Letter mounted on handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy: 29.5 × 50.1 cm (11 5/8 × 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-54 a
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed "Zhao Mengfu"
Culture
Chinese
Period
Yüan
Type
letters (correspondence), calligraphy (visual work), calligraphy (writing), handscrolls
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
families

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

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