Thoughts on Calligraphers and Poets in cursive script

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Object Details

Calligrapher

Pu Hua (1834-1911)

Provenance

To 1998

Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (born 1929), New York City, to 1998

From 1998

Freer Gallery of Art, given by Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in 1998 [1]

Notes:

[1]

All Chinese calligraphy in the gift were published in Mr. Ellsworth's Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: 1800-1950, vol. 3 (New York: Random House, 1986) (according to Curatorial Note 2, Joseph Chang, May 19, 1998, in the object record).

Collection

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner

Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929-2014)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Freer Gallery of Art

Date

1901

Period

Qing dynasty

Accession Number

F1998.167.1-4

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Calligraphy

Medium

Set of four hanging scrolls; ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W (image, each): 149.3 x 38.6 cm (58 3/4 x 15 3/16 in)

Origin

China

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

cursive script

China

Chinese Art

Robert Hatfield Ellsworth collection

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye394987ac7-78c0-4c3d-af14-e4b0a3f5797f

Record ID

fsg_F1998.167.1-4