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 167.5 cm x width 37.3 cm, height 200 cm x width 431 mm, diameter 41 mm, height 7 cm x width 47 cm x depth 7.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsink on paper

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Calligraphy

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1422-A

  • Description

    Rolschildering met calligrafie: Twee spreuken (duilian) door staatsman Zhang Jian (veldheer en hervormingsgezind politicus). In houten doos.

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Zhang Jian, China

  • Dating

    c. 1900

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    ink on paper

  • Dimensions

    • height 167.5 cm x width 37.3 cm
    • height 200 cm x width 431 mm
    • diameter 41 mm
    • height 7 cm x width 47 cm x depth 7.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of H. de Vries-van der Hoeven, 1989)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; donated by Mrs H. de Vries-van der Hoeven, The Hague, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1989;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1989

Documentation

    • Howard L. Boorman, Biographical dictionary of Republican China, New York 1967, Vol. 1, p. 35-38.
    • Klaas Ruitenbeek, 'Aanwinst : Een paar gekalligrafeerde spreuken (Duilian)', Aziatische Kunst 23/4 (1993), pp. 2-17.
    • Jan van Campen en Philip Meredith, 'Gerestaureerde rolschilderingen uit China en Japan', Aziatische Kunst 31/3 (2001), pp. 4-35 (no. VI).

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