The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Inkstone with Topographical Map of Duanxi

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Brushed with Passion

Program information

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features John T. Carpenter, Curator, Department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a calligraphy demonstration by Fumie Yamada.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Inkstone with Topographical Map of Duanxi

Period:: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date:: 19th century
Culture:: China
Medium:: Duanxi slate
Dimensions:: W. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm); L. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm)
Classification:: Inkstone
Credit Line:: Promised Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving
Accession Number:: L.1997.23.42a, b

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