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Calligraphy
Zhang Jian, c. 1900
This pair of calligraphy scrolls is a gift from a scholar to his scholar friend to hang in the study. The texts read in translation: ‘The things that are clean easily become dusty, the things that are white easily become dirty’ and (when making pottery) ‘when it is hard, it is easy to break, when it is soft it is easy to shape.’
- Artwork typehanging scroll
- Object numberAK-MAK-1422-A
- Dimensionsheight 200 cm x width 431 mm, height 167.5 cm x width 37.3 cm, height 7 cm x width 47 cm x depth 7.5 cm, diameter 41 mm
- Physical characteristicsink on paper