Home Art Collection Works Collection Search Advanced search Works where medium is Calligraphy created 3000BCE or after (100) works on display (3) works with images (71) Filter by: Collection area Origin Media Date/period Artist A–Z 1 2 Sort by: artist surname oldest first (excludes undated works) newest first (excludes undated works) title image availability accession number Bao Jun Poem in running script 195.2009.a-f Cao Xiuxian Couplet 302.2003.a-b Chen Li Couplet 283.2003.a-b Chen Pu Couplet 280.2003.a-b Chen Pu Couplet 281.2003.a-b Chen Pu 'Comments on painting' in running script 246.2005 Chen Qikun [Scroll] 279.2003 Image not available Chen Xianzhang Handscroll (fragment) 287.2003 China Double sided cheat's handkerchief circa 1850 181.2008 China Lining with excerpts from Confucian classics 19th century 182.2008 Image not available Dai Xi Four leaves from a landscape album 384.2011.a-d Duan Fang Calligraphy (Li Bai's poem in semi-cursive script) 1905 255.2003 Image not available Duan Fang Ink rubbing taken from a Western Han dynasty (206-25 BCE) tile with an inscription 1909 187.2008 Etsuzan Dōshū Calligraphy couplet 17th century 42.2003.a-b Feng Baili Couplet 1827, 1887 297.2003.a-b Feng Chengxiu Couplet 275.2003.a-b Feng Minchang Couplet 276.2003.a-b Gui Dian [Named side of couplet] 1931 292.2003 Image not available Gui Dian Su Qin Yi Lian Heng Shui Qin in running script (section) 1930s 182.2019 Image not available Gui Dian Hou chu shi biao (section) in semi-cursive script December 1936 185.2019 Image not available Gui Dian 'Revisiting Ten-thousand-willow Hall' in running script 1938 247.2005 Image not available Gui Dian Wang Kaiyun's poem Zhaoshan Nadui (with modification) in running script 1938 156.2013 Gui Zhi couplet in seal script early 20th century 181.2019.a-b Guo Shangxian Calligraphy - Description of gathering of scholars at the western gate 1830 9419 Hakuin Ekaku Calligraphy: "The Shrine of the heaven illuminating great-august-god [centre]; Hachiman, the great Bodhisattva [right]; Kasuga, the great illuminating god [left]" 18th century 227.1996 He Jianguo Serenity mid 20th century-late 20th century 445.1990 He Ruolin Couplet 309.2003.a-b Hinaya Ryūho Shōjō at sake jar (Poem and illustration) 17th century EP1.1963 Image not available Huang Danshu Couplet in running script 191.2009.a-b Image not available Huang Miaozi Calligraphy 1989 342.1989 Image not available Huang Miaozi Calligraphy 1984 84.1985 Ibata Shōtei Calligraphy: "Dancing" 1970 EP2.1970 Ichikawa Beian Calligraphy: (Chinese style poem) 19th century 280.1998 Inagaki Sūho Calligraphy: "The wind on every five days, rain on every ten days" 1993 351.1994 Inagaki Sūho Calligraphy: "If you mix with red, you turn red" 1993 352.1994 Inagaki Sūho Calligraphy: "Gifts from heaven" 1993 353.1994 Inagaki Sūho Calligraphy: "Tranquility and silence" 1993 354.1994 Jiang Guodong Couplet 303.2003.a-b Jiun Sonja Calligraphy 18th century-19th century 249.1998 Kanō Tan'yū When the mountain is high the moon rises late 17th century 296.1986 Katsukawa Shun'ei Portrait of a beautiful woman (Bijin) 1790s 339.1985 Kubo Shunman Courtesan standing beneath a tree circa 1800 39.1980 Liang Airu Couplet 294.2003.a-b LIANG Xiao Ping Prajna-Paramita (Xin Sutra) 1996 548.1996 Li Hongwen Couplet 1876 313.2003.a-b Image not available Li Jinxue 李进学 Good fortune mid 20th century-late 20th century 587.1987 Image not available DENG Lin Sun Guoting's 'Treatise on Calligraphy' in cursive script 386.2011 Image not available LIU Zhencheng Poem in cursive script 1997 240.1997 Li Wentian Couplet 277.2003.a-b Li Wentian Couplet 278.2003.a-b Li Zhanzhi Couplet 285.2003.a-b Image not available Long Qinglian Couplet in cursive script mid 20th century-late 20th century 153.1985.1.a-b Lu Qiguang Couplet 290.2003.a-b Lu Runxiang Couplet in running script 193.2009.a-b Nakahara Nantenbō Calligraphy: "Transfer from poor life (iron) to rich life (gold) is smooth, transfer from rich life (gold) to poor life (iron) is rough." 1919 213.1995 Nakahara Nantenbō Zen horse 1921 355.2006 Nukina Kaioku Calligraphy: Mount Fuji 1860 237.1993 Ōtagaki Rengetsu Calligraphy: (poem) 19th century 19.1994 Ou Dayuan Couplet 284.2003.a-b Pan Silian Couplet in running script 198.2009.a-b 1 2