Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Calligraphy of a poem by Huangfu Ran in regular script


行楷皇甫冉七言絕句團扇 (宋理宗)
Emperor Lizong (Chinese, 1205–1264, ruled 1225–1264)
Chinese
Southern Song dynasty
second quarter of the 13th century

Medium/Technique Ink and color on silk
Dimensions 24 x 25.6 cm (9 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number12.890
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCalligraphy

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.