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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.276
People
John Way (Wei Letang) 魏樂唐, Chinese (1921 - 2012)
Title
Calligraphic Scroll with Text in Draft Script (Caoshu)
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
hanging scroll, calligraphy
Date
2001
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, California, San Francisco
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/99852

Physical Descriptions

Medium
One of a set of four hanging scrolls; ink on paper; with signature reading "Wei Letang" and two red square relief seals of the artist
Dimensions
136.2 x 34.1 cm (53 5/8 x 13 7/16 in.)
mounting: 223.5 x 61.6 cm (88 x 24 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of James H. Soong in memory of Kevin James Foster
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.276
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The calligraphy is the text of the Tang-dynasty poem "Playng the Guqin" by Liu Changqing (709-780 CE, China) and may be translated as follows:

The melody flows out of a seven-string guqin.
Quietly I listen to the old tune “Pine Wind.”
These kinds of old tunes are what I most adore.
But today people seldom play them any more.

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