Fragmentary 1000-character essay written in cursive script in the Tang dynasty

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Image (a): 12 1/2 in. × 43 in. (31.8 × 109.2 cm) Image (b): 12 3/4 × 32 1/2 in. (32.4 × 82.6 cm) Image (c): 21 1/2 in. × 21 in. (54.6 × 53.3 cm) Image (d): 11 1/4 in. × 19 in. (28.6 × 48.3 cm) Image (e): 11 1/4 in. × 30 in. (28.6 × 76.2 cm)

Classification

Rubbing

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Seymour and Rogers Funds, 1977

Accession Number

1977.375.29a–e