明/清 周亮工 真意亭詩 冊|Poems from the Pavilion of Fundamental Truth (Zhenyi Ting)
Undated
Medium
Album of twenty-eight leaves; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 10 3/8 × 6 1/2 in. (26.4 × 16.5 cm) album: 13 7/8 × 8 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (35.2 × 21.6 × 3.8 cm)
Classification
Calligraphy
Culture
China
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Julia and John Curtis, 2015
Accession Number
2015.784.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of Chinese literati with *Poems from the Pavilion Fundamental Truth (Zhen Ting)*, an exquisite album of calligraphy by Zhou Lianggong a prominent scholar-artist of the Ming-Qing transition (circa 17th century). This undated treasure comprises twenty-eight leaves of ink on paper, bearing Zhou's own poetry penned in his distinctive script. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Art Department as a gift from Julia and Curtis in 2015, it exemplifies the intimate album format prized by China's elite for personal expression and connoisseurship. Zhou Lianggong (1612–1...
About the Artist
Zhou Lianggong · 1612–1672
Chinese, 1612–1672