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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Poem by Tao Yuanming
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Poem by Tao Yuanming

Dateca. 1940s
Label Text"Eating well is as good as returning home; hearing advice is like renewing one's life." Poem transcript
Object number2003.117.1
ProvenanceGifted to Chang Ch’ung-ho Frankel by the artist in the 1940s
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fragrance of the Past: Chinese Calligraphy and Painting by Ch'ung-ho Frankel and Friends, Jan. 14 - Apr. 2, 2006. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Pure Amusements: Wealth, Leisure, and Culture in Late Imperial China, Dec. 24, 2016 - May 15, 2022 [on view Mar. 10 - Sept. 5, 2021].Published ReferencesShen Yinmo Shu zhong moji (Nanning: Guangxi meishu chubanshe, 2001). 83." (Hsueh-man Shen, COC, December 18, 2003)
Credit LineGift of Zhang Chonghe
DimensionsOverall: 78 5/8 x 26 5/16in. (199.7 x 66.9cm) Image: 30 11/16 x 19 15/16in. (78 x 49cm)
MediumInk on paper
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
ca. 1940s
Object number: 2003.117.2
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
ca. 1940s
Object number: 2003.117.1-.2
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
1991
Object number: 2010.8.3
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
ca. 1939
Object number: 2010.8.1
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
1991
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