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Title

Calligraphy - Description of gathering of scholars at the western gate

1830

Artist

Guo Shangxian

China

1785 – 1832

Alternate image of Calligraphy - Description of gathering of scholars at the western gate by Guo Shangxian

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    China
    Period
    Daoguang 1821 - 1850 → Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
    Date
    1830
    Media categories
    Scroll , Calligraphy
    Materials used
    handscroll; ink on paper; framed
    Dimensions
    33.3 x 251.5 cm image; 45.0 x 327.5 cm frame
    Signature & date

    Signed and dated u.l. to c.l, in Chinese, inscribed in black ink “...in the year of Gengyin (1830), of the reign of Daoguang...Putian Guo Shangxian inscribed.”
    [2 artist's seals]

    Credit
    Purchased 1957
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    9419
    Copyright

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    Artist information
    Guo Shangxian

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    China