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Chinese

Qing dynasty, 1644–1912

1998-91 t

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Title

Letter

Medium

Album leaf; ink on paper

Dimensions

Calligraphy: 27 × 11.7 cm (10 5/8 × 4 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951

Object Number

1998-91 t

Place Made

Asia, China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Ming

Type

letters (correspondence), calligraphy (visual work), calligraphy (writing), albums

Subject

chrysanthemums

–1998 John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.

"The checklist of the John B. Elliott Bequest," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 61 (2002): p. 49-99., p. 84

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Chinese, Qing dynasty (1644–1912), Letter. Album leaf; ink on paper; 27 × 11.7 cm (Calligraphy). Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951 (1998-91 t)

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