On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖

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On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖,

1785

Weng Fanggang 翁方綱, 1733–1818
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
1998-96

Information

Title
On Su Shi's Calligraphy, with rubbing of Su Shi's Zhang Zihou tie 章子厚帖
Dates

1785

Maker
Weng Fanggang 翁方綱
Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper and ink rubbing on paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy: 31.4 x 596.3 cm (12 3/8 x 234 3/4 in.); Rubbing: 31.4 x 99.6 cm. (12 3/8 x 39 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-96
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed, dated yisi 乙巳 , 1785 (possibly jisi 己巳 , 1809; when he held the Wenyuange 文淵閣 title will determine date)
Inscription
Titleslip (outside wrapper): Dated autumn 1879, ink on speckled yellow paper "Weng Tanxi ti yong Su tie chang juan. Guangxu jimao qiu ri Bo-[xiong] zhencang" 翁覃溪題詠蘇帖長卷。 光緒己卯秋日伯[雄 ]珍藏
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist, "Wenyuange zhi ge shi" 文淵閣直閣事, tall rect. relief (front, top) Artist, "Weng Fanggang yin" 翁方綱印, square relief (end, top) Artist, "Yizhai" 彝齋, square relief (end, bottom) Collectors': Three square seals at end, bottom left corner
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
rubbings, handscrolls, calligraphy (visual work), calligraphy (writing)
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink
Techniques
rubbing

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

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