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

Ritual to Pray for Good Harvest

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Ritual to Pray for Good Harvest
Wang Xizhi (Chinese, 303–361)
Letter mounted as a handscroll; ink on yinghuang paper; Entire scroll: 30 x 372 cm
Tang dynasty tracing copy
The Art Museum, Princeton University
Bequest of John B. Elliott

Scroll for Zhang Datong

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Scroll for Zhang Datong, dated 1100
Huang Tingjian (Chinese, 1045–1105)
Handscroll; ink on paper; 34.1 x 552.9 cm
The Art Museum, Princeton University
Gift of John B. Elliott

Record of the Miaoyan Monastery

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Record of the Miaoyan Monastery, ca. 1309–10
Zhao Mengfu (Chinese, 1254–1322)
Handscroll; ink on paper; 34.2 x 364.5 cm
The Art Museum, Princeton University
Bequest of John B. Elliott

"The Arduous Road to Shu" and "Song of the Immortal"

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"The Arduous Road to Shu" and "Song of the Immortal"
Zhu Yunming (Chinese, 1461–1527)
Handscroll; ink on paper; calligraphy: 29.4 x 510.6 cm
The Art Museum, Princeton University
Museum purchase, gift of the Mercer Trust for the John B. Elliott

Poem on the Heavenly Emperor

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Poem on the Heavenly Emperor, ca. 1670s
Fu Shan (Chinese, 1607–1684/85)
Hanging scroll; ink on satin; 284.5 x 47.1 cm
The Art Museum, Princeton University
Bequest of John B. Elliott

Chrysanthemums by a Rock

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Chrysanthemums by a Rock
Gao Fenghan (Chinese, 1683–1748)
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; 115 x 54.7 cm
Inscribed by the artist
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988 (1989.363.159)

Biographies of Lian Pou and Lin Xiangru

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Biographies of Lian Pou and Lin Xiangru, ca. 1095
Huang Tingjian (Chinese, 1045–1105)
Handscroll; ink on paper; 32.5 x 1822.4 cm
203 columns in cursive script
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988 (1989.363.4)

Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain

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Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain
Emperor Gaozong (Chinese, 1107–1187; r. 1127–62)
Fan mounted as album leaf; ink on silk; 23.5 x 24.5 cm
4 columns in cursive script
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988 (1989.363.6)

Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River

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Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River, ca. 1100
Mi Fu (Chinese, 1052–1107)
Handscroll; ink on paper; 31.1 x 557 cm
44 columns in running-cursive script
Gift of John M. Crawford Jr., in honor of Professor Wen Fong, 1984 (1984.174)