Calligraphy of a poem by Huangfu Ran in regular script
Emperor Lizong
(Chinese, 1205–1264, ruled 1225–1264)
second quarter of the 13th century
Medium/TechniqueInk and color on silk
Dimensions24 x 25.6 cm (9 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number12.890
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCalligraphy
Collections
ProvenanceJuan Yuan (b. 1764 - d. 1849). By about 1900, Wanyan Jingxian (d. by 1928), Beijing [see note 1];1912, sold by Wanyan Jingxian to Okakura Kakuzo (b. 1862 - d. 1913) for the MFA. (Accession Date: September 5, 1912)
NOTES:
[1] According to a statement in his own painting catalogue, Wanyan Jingxian lost this object (part of an album, MFA accession nos. 12.889 - 12.901) during the Boxer Rebellion, but recovered it shortly thereafter.
NOTES:
[1] According to a statement in his own painting catalogue, Wanyan Jingxian lost this object (part of an album, MFA accession nos. 12.889 - 12.901) during the Boxer Rebellion, but recovered it shortly thereafter.
Emperor Lizong
second quarter of the 13th century
