Poems and Letters by Chan Monks (Yuan Ming gude moji 元明古德墨跡)
Poems and Letters by Chan Monks (Yuan Ming gude moji 元明古德墨跡)

Currently not on view

Poem in Cursive Script,

undated

Zhina 智訥, 1078–1157
Chinese
Song dynasty, 960–1279
1998-56 l

Information

Title
Poem in Cursive Script
Dates

undated

Maker
Zhina 智訥
Medium
Album leaf; ink on paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy: 31.6 × 47 cm (12 7/16 × 18 1/2 in.) Leaf (closed): 42 x 34.2 cm. (16 9/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-56 l
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Song
Type
letters (correspondence), albums, calligraphy (visual work), calligraphy (writing)
Subject
Buddhism, monks, poems

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

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