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Transcription of Sun Guoting's "Manual On Calligraphy",

ca. 1370

Song Ke 宋克, 1327–1387
Chinese
Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
1998-124 a-n

Information

Title
Transcription of Sun Guoting's "Manual On Calligraphy"
Dates

ca. 1370

Medium
Album of 14 leaves; ink on yellow-tinted paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy (each): 20.3 x 12.4 cm. (8 x 4 7/8 in.) Album: 33.5 x 22 x 4.5 cm. (13 3/16 x 8 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-124 a-n
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Frontispiece: Xu Deng (active ca. 16th century) Colophon (front): Pai Chien (fl. early 20th century), with T'ao Chu-sheng, Hsüeh Hsüeh-ch'in, P'eng Wei-tzu, Hsü An, Chiang Tsu-i, and P'an Hou (1904-1943), colophon dated 1935 Colophons (back): Sun K'o-hung (1553-1611), dated 1567; Hsi? (unknown), dated t'ing-ssu; Yeh Kung-ch'o (1880-ca. 1968), undated; T'an Tse-k'ai (fl. ca. late 19th-early 20th century), dated 1929; T'an Yen-k'ai (1876-1930), dated 1930; Ching-fu (unknown), dated 1972 (unmounted sheet).
Culture
Period

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