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Pan Linggao
Calligraphy (a couplet) 1945
ink on paper
(a) 69.5 × 30.3 cm (image)
(b) 69.5 × 30.3 cm (image)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1974
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Calligraphy (a couplet)
1945
Medium
ink on paper
Measurements
(a) 69.5 × 30.3 cm (image)
(b) 69.5 × 30.3 cm (image)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1974
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
China
Inscription
(b) inscribed in ink (in Chinese characters) c.l.:
stamped in red ink (in Chinese characters) c.l.: (artist's seal)
stamped in red ink (in Chinese characters) c.l.: (artist's seal)
Accession Number
AS32.a-b-1974
Department
Asian Art
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Physical description
This pair of calligraphy consists of two lines of poetry which match each other in what is called a couplet. Read from the right scroll to the left: 'After rain a pair of fowls come to rest on the bamboos; In mid-autumn a butterfly descends to seek flowers.' The characters are written in the regular script of Chinese calligraphy.