ZHANG Bailing
(China died 1815)
- Title
- Couplet in running script
- Place of origin
-
China
- Period
- Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Media category
- Calligraphy
- Materials used
- pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper
- Dimensions
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125.4 x 27.6cm; 158.5 x 37.0cm
- Credit
- Gift of Dr. James Hayes 2009
- Accession number
- 197.2009.a-b
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Zhang Bailing was a native of Liaoning. A 'jinshi' of 1772, he was a 'bianxiu' or compiler at the imperial Hanlin Academy. He served as Governor-General of Liangjiang (in present-day Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi Provinces). He was a renowned writer and calligrapher.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, April 2009.
