Song Lizong / Poem by Wang Wei / 1256

Song Lizong
Poem by Wang Wei
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Creator Name: Song Lizong
Creator Nationality: Chinese
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1730 - aft 1788
Biography: Chinese Emperor, reigned 1225-1264
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Song Lizong
Title: Poem by Wang Wei
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1256
Creation End Date: 1256
Creation Date: 1256
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Classification Term: Calligraphy
Materials and Techniques: Ink on silk
Dimensions: Image: 25.1cm x 25.3cm, with mat: 33.3cm x 40.5cm
Inscriptions: The inscription between the two imperial seals reads, "Presented to Chung-kuei".Seals and Colophons:The top left seal has the cyclical date "ping-ch'en" (1256): the lower left seal is the Seal for Imperial Calligraphy: 1 seal of Chu-Sheng-chai (20th Century) remounted onto the facing leaf.Remarks:The 2 lines of poetry from right to left read:"I walk unto where waters end--And sit down to watch when clouds arise."
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1961.421.2
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Rights: http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html
AMICA ID: CMA_.1961.421.2
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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