Calligraphy in the Style of Shang Oracle Bone Inscriptions

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Dong Zuobin

Title

Calligraphy in the Style of Shang Oracle Bone Inscriptions

Place

China (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1948

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Inscriptions

For my scholarly brother Ning Jing to keep. This is a drawing of a divination turtle shell found at an archaeological excavation, both sides of it are inscribed and were originally painted with red and black pigments. December 1948 (the 37th year of the Republic of China), leaning against piles of books, Dong Zuobin wrote this in Chicago (left, in black ink); Two seals of the artist (in squire, lower left corner)

Dimensions

57.5 × 32.2 cm (22 5/8 × 12 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Liang Yuan

Reference Number

2020.551

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