In regular script, one of a pair / Zheng Xiaoxu (Cheng Hsiao-hsü)

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Accession Number: 1980/2.198
Title: In regular script, one of a pair
Artist: Zheng Xiaoxu (Cheng Hsiao-hsü)
Artist Nationality: Chinese
Artist Life Dates: 1860-1938
Medium and Support: ink on paper
Object Creation Date: circa 1890-1938
Credit Line: Gift of Sarah and Otto Graf, supplemented by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
Style/Group/Movement: hanging scroll
Inscription: How rude to wear a fox fur robe inside-out! The mendicant monk's staff is about to fly away. Only the first line of the couplet appears on this scroll, the second line appears on 1980/2.199
Period: China, late Qing Period to Modern China (ca 1870-ca 1930)
Dimensions: 132.4 cm x 52.71 cm (52 1/8 in. x 20 3/4 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: calligraphy
Secondary Keywords: genres
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 985 x 1497
File Size: 65 KB
Record: 1980/2.198
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1980-sl-2.198/1980_2.198a.jpg

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Full citation: "In regular script, one of a pair; Zheng Xiaoxu (Cheng Hsiao-hsü)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1980-sl-2.198/1980_2.198a.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.