Poem by Gong Zizhen in Han-dynasty Bamboo-slip Calligraphy
Poem by Gong Zizhen in Han-dynasty Bamboo-slip Calligraphy

©2000, Jao Tsung-I

Poem by Gong Zizhen in Han-dynasty Bamboo-slip Calligraphy
Poem by Gong Zizhen in Han-dynasty Bamboo-slip Calligraphy

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Poem by Gong Zizhen in Han-dynasty Bamboo-slip Calligraphy,

2000

Rao Zongyi 饒宗頤, 1917–2018
Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2001-15

Information

Title
Poem by Gong Zizhen in Han-dynasty Bamboo-slip Calligraphy
Dates

2000

Maker
Rao Zongyi 饒宗頤
Medium
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy: 129.3 x 31.5 cm (50 7/8 x 12 3/8 in.) Mount: 234 x 46.2 cm. (92 1/8 x 18 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jao Tsung I
Object Number
2001-15
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Dated 2000 Calligraphy text: 我馬玄黃盼日曛，關河不窘故將軍。 百季之事歸平澹，刪盡蛾眉憯誓文。 Note: poem from Gong Zizhen’s龔自珍 (1792-1841; hao Ding’an 定盫) 《已亥雜詩2》 Artist’s inscription: 龔定盫《己亥雜詩》之一以漢簡法書之庚辰選堂 A poem from Gong Ding’an’s Yihai zashi. Xuantang [i.e. Rao Zongyi] wrote this using a Han and Jin manner.
Marks/Labels/Seals
2 small square artist's seals immediately following last line of inscription; first = yang, second = yin. Artist's seals: "Rao Zongyi yin" 饒宗頤印, square relief, upper "Gu’an" 固盦, square intaglio, lower
Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
calligraphy (visual work), calligraphy (writing), hanging scrolls
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
bamboo, poems

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