Couplet in Seal Script Calligraphy
Couplet in Seal Script Calligraphy
Couplet in Seal Script Calligraphy
Couplet in Seal Script Calligraphy
Couplet in Seal Script Calligraphy
Couplet in Seal Script Calligraphy
Couplet in Seal Script Calligraphy
Couplet in Seal Script Calligraphy
Couplet in Seal Script Calligraphy
Couplet in Seal Script Calligraphy

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Couplet in Seal Script Calligraphy

Wu Tingyang 吳廷颺, 1799–1870
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
1998-772 a-b

Information

Title
Couplet in Seal Script Calligraphy
Maker
Wu Tingyang 吳廷颺
Medium
Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on decorated paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy (each): 124.5 x 30.7 cm. (49 x 12 1/16 in.) Mount (each): 188 x 40.5 cm. (74 x 15 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The John B. Elliott, Class of 1951, Collection
Object Number
1998-772 a-b
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed "Rangzhi"
Marks/Labels/Seals
Two artist's seals: "Rangzhi," square intaglio (upper) "Liu shi sui [ ] [ ] shu" 六十歲 [ ] [ ] 書 , square intaglio (lower) Characters in graphite on each label adhered to edge of rolled scrolls
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink
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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