Yang Xiong’s Prefaces to Model Statements
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.清 趙之謙 隷書楊子法言序 橫幅 紙本
Zhao Zhiqian is the only calligrapher represented in this exhibition by works in three different script types: seal, standard, and, here, clerical. This work, a transcription of writings by the Han dynasty philosopher Yang Xiong (53 B.C.–A.D. 18), demonstrates Zhao’s command of the clerical script canon, in particular the “Stele for Cao Quan,” a favorite of Epigraphic School calligraphers.
Zhao Zhiqian is the only calligrapher represented in this exhibition by works in three different script types: seal, standard, and, here, clerical. This work, a transcription of writings by the Han dynasty philosopher Yang Xiong (53 B.C.–A.D. 18), demonstrates Zhao’s command of the clerical script canon, in particular the “Stele for Cao Quan,” a favorite of Epigraphic School calligraphers.
Artwork Details
- 清 趙之謙 隷書楊子法言序 橫幅 紙本
- Title: Yang Xiong’s Prefaces to Model Statements
- Calligrapher: Zhao Zhiqian (Chinese, 1829–1884)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: undated
- Culture: China
- Medium: Framed horizontal scroll, ink on lined paper
- Dimensions: Image: 51 × 67 1/2 in. (129.5 × 171.5 cm)
- Classification: Calligraphy
- Credit Line: Lent by Guanyuan Shanzhuang Collection
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art