Calligraphy: "Happiness"
Empress Dowager Cixi
18th–19th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on gold-flecked paper
Dimensions
45 x 24 1/2 in. (114.3 x 62.2 cm)
Classification
Calligraphy
Culture & Period
China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Katherine S. Dreier, 1952
Accession Number
52.177.9
Tags
Calligraphy
About the Artist
Empress Dowager Cixi · 1835–1908
Chinese, 1835–1908