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A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty

Wu Dacheng Chinese

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A native of Suzhou, Wu Dacheng passed the metropolitan civil-service examination in 1868 and subsequently served in a number of high government positions, including scholar in the Hanlin Academy, governor of Guangdong and Hunan Provinces, and director of border defense in the northeast. Wu avidly collected ancient bronzes, jades, and seals, and his interest in antiquities was partly inspired by his study of ancient scripts. Here, Wu has copied a large stone stele into the portable format of the album, in emulation of albums which achieved the same effect by cutting up large rubbings and remounting them.

A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China

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A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China
A Temple Stele for Zhou the Daoist of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dacheng (Chinese, 1835–1902), Album of twenty-three leaves; ink on paper, China

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