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The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection
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Ritual to Pray for Good Harvest
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Ritual to Pray for Good Harvest
Wang Xizhi (Chinese, 303361)
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, 10451105)
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. 130910
Zhao Mengfu (Chinese, 12541322)
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, 14611527)
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, 16071684/85)
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, 16831748)
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, 10451105)
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, 11071187; r. 112762)
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, 10521107)
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)