Calligarphy "Shou" (Longevity)

Empress Dowager Cixi (Manchu–Chinese, 1835–1908)

dated 1902

Medium/TechniqueInk on red silk with painted dragon background in gold and silver

DimensionsOverall: 64 x 66 cm (25 3/16 x 26 in.)

Credit LineGift of Sarah Buchan Jewell

Accession number1991.104

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ClassificationsCalligraphy

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Asia

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)