H x W (image): 115.1 x 42.6 cm (45 5/16 x 16 3/4 in)
Type:
Calligraphy
Origin:
China
Date:
ca. 1780-81
Period:
Qing dynasty
Provenance:
To 1997
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (born 1929), New York City, to 1997
From 1997
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in 1997 [1]
Notes:
[1] The total gift from the Ellsworth collection consists of nearly three-hundred objects (F1997.42-.85 and F1998.83-294). All Chinese calligraphy in the proposed gift were published in Mr. Ellsworth's Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: 1800-1950 vol. 3 (New York: Random House, 1986) (see Curatorial Note 2, Joseph Chang and Stephen D. Allee, May 19, 1998, in the object record).
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Writing, Carving and Rubbing: China’s Calligraphic Arts (April 4 to October 25, 2009)
Brushing the Past: Later Chinese Calligraphy from the Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (April 30, 2000 to January 2, 2001)
Beyond the Legacy--Anniversary Acquisitions of the Freer Gallery of Art (October 11, 1998 to April 11, 1999)