Letter
Letter

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Letter

Xia Yan 夏言, 1482 –1548
Chinese
Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
1998-78 s

Information

Title
Letter
Maker
Xia Yan 夏言
Medium
Album leaf; ink on paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy: 28.9 × 13.7 cm (11 3/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-78 s
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Ming
Type
paintings, albums, letters (correspondence), calligraphy (visual work), calligraphy (writing)

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

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