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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1971.58.2
People
attributed to Zhao Ji (Emperor Huizong) 赵佶 (宋徽宗), Chinese (1082 - 1135; r. 1100 - 1125)
Title
Two-Line Poem in Cursive Script
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy, album leaf
Date
possibly first quarter 12th century, around Xuanhe era (1119-1125)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Song dynasty, Northern Song period, 960-1127
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202931

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Circular fan piece mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk decorated with dragons in gold, and with signature reading "Xuanhe dian"
Dimensions
max.: H. 24.4 x W. 23.2 cm (9 5/8 x 9 1/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
A 10-043 (Suzuki Kei)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer in honor of Agnes Mongan
Accession Year
1971
Object Number
1971.58.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Suzuki Kei, Chugoku kaiga sogo zuroku, Amerika Kanada hen (Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings, Volume 1: American and Canadian Collections), University of Tokyo Press (Tokyo, Japan, 1982), pp. I- 59 and I-433, no. A 10-043

Exhibition History

  • Later Chinese and Japanese Figure Painting in Decorative Arts, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/22/1992 - 06/07/1992
  • Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/03/1995 - 06/09/1996
  • Paragons of Wisdom and Virtue: East Asian Figure Painting, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/1997 - 09/21/1997
  • Re-View: S228-230 (Asian rotation: 7) Art of the Fan: China, Korea, Japan, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/18/2011 - 05/05/2012

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