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Calligraphy, China

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Fan in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2024.549.61), catalogued by the museum's Asian Art department under the title “Calligraphy”. and records its origin as China; Qing dynasty (1644–1911).

It is attributed to Zhu Angzhi (Chinese, 1764–after 1841). The museum records the medium as Folding fan mounted as album leaf; ink on paper and the dimensions as Image: 7 5/16 × 20 7/8 in. (18.5 × 53 cm). These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.

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Physical characteristics

Material
Folding fan mounted as album leaf; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 7 5/16 × 20 7/8 in. (18.5 × 53 cm)

Technical characteristics

Classification
Calligraphy
Maker recorded
Zhu Angzhi
Period recorded
Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Culture recorded
China

Identification

Met object id
737804
Museum object name
Fan
Museum object number
2024.549.61

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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