Clerical script after the Stele of Shi Chen (Shi Chen bei); Standard script after Inscription on Burying a Crane (Yihe ming)
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Li Jian took care to provide Wen Fong with the most famous examples of early calligraphy, especially those preserved in stone carving. The upper fan here follows a section of the Stele of Shi Chen, a foundational work of clerical script from the second century CE. The lower fan follows the Inscription on Burying a Crane, a sixth-century work that amazed calligraphers when it was discovered in the eleventh century and has been studied intensively ever since.
Artwork Details
- 現代 李健 隸書節臨史晨碑，楷書節錄瘞鶴銘 扇頁二幅
- Title: Clerical script after the Stele of Shi Chen (Shi Chen bei); Standard script after Inscription on Burying a Crane (Yihe ming)
- Artist: Li Jian (1881/1882–1956)
- Date: Undated
- Culture: China
- Medium: Two folding fans mounted on an album leaf; ink on paper
- Dimensions: Overall with mounting (closed): 13 3/8 × 25 1/4 in. (34 × 64.1 cm)
Overall with mounting (open): 26 11/16 × 25 1/4 in. (67.8 × 64.1 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Lent by Constance and Wen Fong Collection
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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