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Writings in Seal Script
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Writings in Seal Script

Date2011
Maker Yao Guojin Chinese
Object number2012.10.3
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased from the artist by Professor Qianshen Bai, Chestnut Hill, MA, 2011 or 2012; proposed purchase from Prof. Bai by Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, March 2012
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Pure Amusements: Wealth, Leisure, and Culture in Late Imperial China, Dec. 24, 2016 - May 15, 2022 [on view Mar. 16 - May 15, 2022].
Credit LinePurchased with funds from Frank S. Bayley III and Cheney Cowles
DimensionsEach scroll: 97 1/2 x 23 9/16 in. (247.7 x 59.8 cm)
MediumInk on paper
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Chu Yun
2009
Object number: 2010.2.2
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Yao Shennong
1966–1991
Object number: 2010.34.4.6
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Glen E. Alps
1946
Object number: 98.90
Photo: Paul Macapia
Ding yao
late 11th-12th century
Object number: 48.168
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Shen Yinmo
ca. 1940s
Object number: 2003.117.2
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Shen Yinmo
ca. 1940s
Object number: 2003.117.1
Five-character line verse Couplet
Yu Youren
1930
Object number: 2004.114.1