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Calligraphy

Wen Zhongyi Chinese
mid-16th century
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 明 文仲義 書法 扇
  • Title: Calligraphy
  • Artist: Wen Zhongyi (Chinese, active mid–16th century)
  • Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
  • Date: mid-16th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on paper
  • Dimensions: 6 3/5 x 19 3/8 in. (16.8 x 49.2 cm)
  • Classification: Calligraphy
  • Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
  • Object Number: 13.100.48
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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