Rubbing
29-25-23
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-25-23 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Period | 20th Century |
| Date Made | ca. 1900 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper |
| Technique | Rubbing |
| Iconography | Yan Hui |
| Inscription Language | Chinese Language |
| Description | Ink-squeeze rubbing taken from a stone stele engraved with a portrait of Yan Hui 顏回, one of the disciples of Confucius. The subject of the portrait is identified by a title in xiaozhuan (“small seal script”) calligraphy. A eulogy in four rhyming lines follows. |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1929 |
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