Couplet on Sima Qian and Sima Guang
Couplet on Sima Qian and Sima Guang
Couplet on Sima Qian and Sima Guang
Couplet on Sima Qian and Sima Guang
Couplet on Sima Qian and Sima Guang
Couplet on Sima Qian and Sima Guang
Couplet on Sima Qian and Sima Guang
Couplet on Sima Qian and Sima Guang
Couplet on Sima Qian and Sima Guang
Couplet on Sima Qian and Sima Guang

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Couplet on Sima Qian and Sima Guang,

1984

Xie Zongan 謝宗安, 1907–1997
Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
1998-781 a-b

Information

Title
Couplet on Sima Qian and Sima Guang
Dates

1984

Maker
Xie Zongan 謝宗安
Medium
Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy (each): 135.6 x 33.6 cm. (53 3/8 x 13 1/4 in.) Mount (each): 178 x 43 cm. (70 1/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The John B. Elliott, Class of 1951, Collection
Object Number
1998-781 a-b
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed: unreadable, dated "shi nian qishi you si" 時年七十又四 (1984)
Marks/Labels/Seals
Two artist's seals on scroll b: "Xie Zongan(?) yin" 印, square intaglio (upper) "Zhong an" 種盦, square relief (lower)
Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
poems, poetry, calligraphy (writing), calligraphy (visual work)

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

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