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
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCalligraphy
Collections
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)
Second half of 19th century
