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Daode jing 道德經, chapters 51–81,
270
Suo Dan 索紞, ca. 250–ca. 325
Chinese
Three Kingdoms period, Wu Kingdom, 222 - 280
1998-116
Information
Title
Daode jing 道德經, chapters 51–81
Dates
270
Maker
Medium
Handscroll (fragment); ink on sutra paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy: 30.8 x 208.2 cm. (12 1/8 x 81 15/16 in.)
Colophons: 30.8 x 524.4 cm. (12 1/8 x 206 7/16 in.)
Mount: h. 30.8 cm. (12 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-116
Place Made
Asia, China, Gansu province, Dunhuang
Signatures
signed "Jianheng er nian gengyin wu yue wu ri Dunhuang jun Suo Dan xie si" 建衡二年庚寅五月五日燉煌郡索紞寫巳
Inscription
Colophons:
Huang Binhong (1864-1955): dated 1948
Ye Gongche (1880-ca. 1968): one colophon dated 1948
One undated colophon [also by Ye?]
A facsimile reproduction of a section of The Record of the Three Kingdoms (San guo zhi) with a colophon by Bai Jian Zhang Hong (20th century), dated 1949
Peng Songyin(?) (20th century), dated 1960
Marks/Labels/Seals
Peng 彭 (?) (20th century) [a “Songfu” seal also appears in Peng 彭氏 colophon, see below]
"Songfu" 松父 tall rect. relief (front, 2nd from bottom); (after signature, 2nd from bottom over paper joint)
Li Shengduo 李盛鐸 (1859-1934)
"Muzhai shending" 木齋審定 square relief (front, bottom)
"Dehua Li shi Fanjiangge zhencang" 德化李氏凡將閣珍藏 sq. relief (after signature, bottom). Note: Dehua is an area in Fujian province.
Characters and one seal in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Culture
Period
Materials
–1998 John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.
Daode jing, chapters 51-81
