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清 慈禧太后 行書福字 軸
Title: Calligraphy: "Happiness"
Artist:
Empress Dowager Cixi (Chinese, 1835–1908)
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date: 18th–19th century
Culture: China
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on gold-flecked paper
Dimensions: 45 x 24 1/2 in. (114.3 x 62.2 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit Line: Bequest of Katherine S. Dreier, 1952
Object Number: 52.177.9
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