2021
A thin sheet of light brownish paper with twelve vertical columns of unpunctuated cursive Chinese script in black ink. The leftmost column begins on the bottom third of the page and is written in smaller characters, below which is a red intaglio seal.
H. 40 × W. 27.3 cm (15 3/4 × 10 3/4 in.)
Michael Cherney, Beijing (2021), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021.
Twenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper
17th centuryJapaneseHanging scroll; ink on paper, with signature reading "Tōgō sho"
20th centuryJapanese23rd of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseHanging scroll; ink on yellow satin
19th centuryChineseThe ninth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapanese34th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseCircular fan piece mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk decorated with dragons in gold, and with signature reading "Xuanhe dian"
12th centuryChineseThe twenty-sixth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapanese25th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
Chinese13th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseAlbum leaf; ink on paper
Chinese