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- Title
- Calligraphy (couplet)
- Artist
- Mo Youzhi
- Physical Description
- This couplet is written in clerical script, an archaic style of Chinese calligraphy originating in the Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE) that became the dominant style of writing in the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE). Like seal script, clerical script is highly legible, but it is more calligraphic, with a pronounced, wavelike flaring of isolated major strokes, especially in rightward or downward diagonal strokes.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1811-1871
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1811-1871
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.206
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Calligraphy
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- The inscription is a famous discussion on the vulgarity and the elegance in painting by Qing Dynasty painter Zou Yigui (or Zou Xiaoshan).
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906 - 1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.128
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on gold-flecked paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Poem in Running Script
- Artist
- Murase Taiitsu
- Physical Description
- This calligraphy is executed in ink on paper. There are a total of three red seals present in the piece, one in the upper right hand corner, and two towards the left center of the piece. The calligraphy is very strong and forceful, with broad, well defined strokes. The work is mounted on golden silk.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1804 - 1881)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/1.185
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Calligraphy
- Artist
- Bingwu He
- Physical Description
- Four kanji are written across the top of three lines, in a large size. The bottom two lines are roughly one-eighth the size of the top characters and stretch across the same width. Ink is black, ground is white paper. Calligraphy dedicated to the Universtiy of Michigan Museum of Art.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1962
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2010
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.312
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Ode on a Wanli-era Imperial Brush
- Artist
- Shitao (Shih-t'ao)
- Physical Description
- Calligraphy of a poem written in running script and including three artist's seals and the artist's signature.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1642-1707
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1705
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.75
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- The Sixth Night Vigil from a Kalpasutra manuscript (fol. no. 38v), depicting two pairs of queens
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Physical Description
- A scene in the life of Mahavira. The composition is designated a narrow strip near the left, while the rest of the page is used for text and red circles. The illustration is divided into two registers, with depictions of two women in each. The infant Mahavira is seen in his mother’s arms, at the upper left.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1478
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.162
- Medium and Support
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Side 1: Calligraphy in block style; Side 2: Calligraphy in running style
- Artist
- Wang Guowei
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1912-1980
- Accession Number
- 1980/1.226
- Medium and Support
- folding fan, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: A Jaina monk (fol. no. 2r)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Physical Description
- Leaf from a Kalpasutra manuscript with calligraphic text. Font size varies, and in the center of the leaf text wraps around a blank box of parchment with a red dot in the center. To the left of this main text block is a colorful illustration of an enthroned figure in a dotted robe flanked by devotees. Surrounding him are various auspicious symbols.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.247
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: The Courtesan Kosha and the King's Charioteer (fol. no. 102v)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Physical Description
- Alongside a block of calligraphic text a red rectable sets off an illustrative space. In the bottom right corner of the illustration a woman dances, and on the left a larger figure pulls an arrow taught in a bow.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/2.39
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Dipak Raga from Ragamala series
- Artist
- India, Rajasthan, Bundi-Kotah School
- Physical Description
- Two lovers sit in an elaborate, symmetrical marble palace, decorated with inlaid stone and a domed roof. Inside, a highly individualized prince sits near his lover and caresses her chin. Above the scene is a box containing calligraphic text.
- Century
- late 18th-early 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.134
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Lady meeting her lover from the Rasamanjari of Bhanudatta series
- Artist
- India, Rajasthan, Mewar School
- Physical Description
- Brightly colored painting with three primary registers. The uppermost and smallest register contains a poem. The lower two are larger and similar in size. The bottommost depicts stairs, architectural structures, snakes, and flowering plants. Above, the middle register frames a seated man under a canopy-like architectural form, who reaches out to grasp the wrist of a woman. Behind her is a flowering tree, and and the far right, and open door.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1630
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.242
- Medium and Support
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Calligraphy
- Artist
- Kameda Bôsai
- Physical Description
- A long hanging scroll with stamps in the top right and middle left of the scroll. The five lines of characters are very shaky.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1752-1826
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1823
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.65
- Medium and Support
- ink on silk
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Calligraphy on Folding Fan
- Artist
- Shen Meisou
- Physical Description
- Both Shen Meisou and Zhu Zumou had been scholar-official for the late Qing government. What Zhu Zumou inscribed is a colophon he wrote for his brother’s painting; Shen Meisou inscribed in standard script (Kaishu) on the other side of the fan two poems his friend had come across.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1919-1920
- Accession Number
- 1980/1.232
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Calligraphy (couplet)
- Artist
- Mo Youzhi
- Physical Description
- This couplet is written in clerical script, an archaic style of Chinese calligraphy originating in the Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE) that became the dominant style of writing in the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE). Like seal script, clerical script is highly legible, but it is more calligraphic, with a pronounced, wavelike flaring of isolated major strokes, especially in rightward or downward diagonal strokes.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1811-1871
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1811-1871
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.205
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000