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Calligarphy "Shou" (Longevity)
Calligarphy "Shou" (Longevity)

Calligarphy "Shou" (Longevity)

Empress Dowager Cixi (Manchu–Chinese, 1835–1908)
dated 1902
Medium/TechniqueInk on orange paper decorated with gold
DimensionsOverall: 179.8 × 92.3 cm (70 13/16 × 36 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sarah Buchan Jewell
Accession number1991.105
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ClassificationsCalligraphy
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ProvenanceEdwin Conger, first U.S. Ambassador to Imperial China and his wife Sarah Conger; by descent to their granddaughter Sarah Buchan Jewell (Mrs T. Edson Jewell), Boston; 1991, gift of Sarah Buchan Jewell to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 1991)