Two Poems in Clerical Script
Two Poems in Clerical Script

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Two Poems in Clerical Script

Xia Heng 夏衡, ca. 1392 - 1464
Chinese
Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
1998-75 i

Information

Title
Two Poems in Clerical Script
Maker
Xia Heng 夏衡
Medium
Album leaf, ink on ruled paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy: 29.8 × 29.8 cm (11 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.) Leaf (closed): 38.8 x 57 cm. (15 1/4 x 22 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-75 i
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed
Marks/Labels/Seals
2 Collectors' seals: Wu Yuanhui 伍元蕙 (1834–1865) “Liquan shending” 儷 荃 審 定 square yin (left); “Nanhai Wu shi Nanxuezhai mi ji [zhi?] yin” 南海伍氏南雪齋秘笈印 vertical rectangular yang (middle)
Culture
Chinese
Period
Ming
Type
calligraphy (visual work), calligraphy (writing), albums, poems
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink

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

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