Couplet in Seven-Character Verse in Running Script
Artist
Guo Songtao
(Chinese, 1818 - 1892)
MaterialsInk and pigments on paper with color woodblock printed borders
DimensionsH. 64 1/2 in x W. 15 in, H. 163.8 cm x W. 38.1 cm (overall); H. 49 7/8 in x W. 12 3/8 in, H. 126.7 cm x W. 31.4 cm (image)
Credit LineGift of the Yeh Family
Object number2015.61.1-.2
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsPainting
On View
Not on viewSignedSignature: For your instruction Lord Dounan, Zu. From Jade Pond Elder–Guo Songtao (斗南公祖大人正。玉池老人郭嵩焘。)
Seal: Songtao; Yunxian (“嵩焘”雙靈邊朱文方印;“筠仙氏”白文方印。)
Inscribed解鞍烏石闌邊坐,携手辛夷樹下行。
Subject
- calligraphy
approx. 1400-1500
Zheng Fu
Wu Xiqi
Shen Tingfang
1800-1900
Guo Qilong
Anonymous friend of the Asian Art Museum
1630 - 1900