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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Couplet
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Couplet

Date1988
Maker Wei Letang (John Way) Chinese, 1921 - 2012
Object number2007.94.2
ProvenanceJames H. Soong
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Pure Amusements: Wealth, Leisure, and Culture in Late Imperial China, Dec. 24, 2016 - May 15, 2022 [on view Jan. 9 - July 7, 2019].
Credit LineGift of Dr. James H. Soong in honor of Mr. Miles O. Johnson
DimensionsOverall: 69 x 16 3/4 in. (175.3 x 42.5 cm)
MediumInk on paper
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Wei Letang (John Way)
2007
Object number: 2007.95
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Wei Letang (John Way)
1988
Object number: 2007.94.1
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Wei Letang (John Way)
1988
Object number: 2007.94.1-.2
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Wei Ligang
2010
Object number: 2012.10.4
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Shen Yinmo
1942
Object number: 2010.9.1.1
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Shen Yinmo
1942
Object number: 2010.9.1.2
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Shen Yinmo
1942
Object number: 2010.9.1.1-.2
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Chang Ch'ung-ho Frankel
1978
Object number: 2010.8.5
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Shen Yinmo
ca. 1943
Object number: 2010.9.2
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Chang Ch'ung-ho Frankel
1978
Object number: 2010.8.6
Photo: Susan Dirk
Wang Wei
17th century
Object number: 47.142
Five-character line verse Couplet
Yu Youren
1930
Object number: 2004.114.1