Letter to Son while in Prison
Yang Jisheng
(Chinese, 1516–1555)
1555
Object PlaceChina
Medium/Techniqueink on paper - calligraphy
color on silk - painting
DimensionsHeight x width (Head Section): 24.6 × 49.8 cm (9 11/16 × 19 5/8 in.)
Height x width (Frontispiece): 24.2 × 107.8 cm (9 1/2 × 42 7/16 in.)
Height x width (Every Intermediary Section): 24.2 × 10.1 cm (9 1/2 × 4 in.)
Image: 24.2 × 14.6 cm (9 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.)
Height x width (Paper Section (narrow)): 24.2 × 5 cm (9 1/2 × 1 15/16 in.)
Height x width (Paper Section (wide)): 24.2 × 70 cm (9 1/2 × 27 9/16 in.)
Height x width (Calligraphy): 24.2 × 226.2 cm (9 1/2 × 89 1/16 in.)
Height x width (Colophon and End Section): 24.2 × 368.6 cm (9 1/2 × 145 1/8 in.)
Overall: 24.9 × 882.4 cm (9 13/16 × 347 3/8 in.)
Height x width (loose calligraphy ): 25.5 × 50 cm (10 1/16 × 19 11/16 in.)
Height x width (Frontispiece): 24.2 × 107.8 cm (9 1/2 × 42 7/16 in.)
Height x width (Every Intermediary Section): 24.2 × 10.1 cm (9 1/2 × 4 in.)
Image: 24.2 × 14.6 cm (9 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.)
Height x width (Paper Section (narrow)): 24.2 × 5 cm (9 1/2 × 1 15/16 in.)
Height x width (Paper Section (wide)): 24.2 × 70 cm (9 1/2 × 27 9/16 in.)
Height x width (Calligraphy): 24.2 × 226.2 cm (9 1/2 × 89 1/16 in.)
Height x width (Colophon and End Section): 24.2 × 368.6 cm (9 1/2 × 145 1/8 in.)
Overall: 24.9 × 882.4 cm (9 13/16 × 347 3/8 in.)
Height x width (loose calligraphy ): 25.5 × 50 cm (10 1/16 × 19 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2018.2861
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCalligraphy
Collections
about 1565
16th century
