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The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection

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Ritual to Pray for Good Harvest
Wang Xizhi (Chinese, 303–361)
Letter mounted as a handscroll; ink on yinghuang paper
The Art Museum, Princeton University
Bequest of John B. Elliott


Scroll for Zhang Datong, dated 1100
Huang Tingjian (Chinese, 1045–1105)
Handscroll; ink on paper
The Art Museum, Princeton University
Gift of John B. Elliott


Record of the Miaoyan Monastery, ca. 1309–10
Zhao Mengfu (Chinese, 1254–1322)
Handscroll; ink on paper
The Art Museum, Princeton University
Bequest of John B. Elliott


"The Arduous Road to Shu" and "Song of the Immortal"
Zhu Yunming (Chinese, 1461–1527)
Handscroll; ink on paper
The Art Museum, Princeton University
Museum purchase, gift of the Mercer Trust for the John B. Elliott Collection


Poem on the Heavenly Emperor, ca. 1670s
Fu Shan (Chinese, 1607–1684/85)
Hanging scroll; ink on satin
The Art Museum, Princeton University
Bequest of John B. Elliott


Chrysanthemums by a Rock
Gao Fenghan (Chinese, 1683–1748)
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988 (1989.363.159)


Biographies of Lian Pou and Lin Xiangru, ca. 1095
Huang Tingjian (Chinese, 1045–1105)
Handscroll; ink on paper
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988 (1989.363.4)


Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain
Emperor Gaozong (Chinese, 1107–1187; r. 1127–62)
Fan mounted as album leaf; ink on silk
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988 (1989.363.6)


Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River, ca. 1100
Mi Fu (Chinese, 1052–1107)
Handscroll; ink on paper
Gift of John M. Crawford Jr., in honor of Professor Wen Fong, 1984 (1984.174)





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