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Calligraphy in Semi-Cursive Style (xing-caoshu) by Yueshan Daozong, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Calligraphy in Semi-Cursive Style (xing-caoshu)

Yueshan Daozong (d. 1709)

c. 1660–1709 · Calligraphy, Hanging scroll; ink on paper

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Calligraphy and Painting Party by Kawanabe Kyōsai, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Calligraphy and Painting Party

Kawanabe Kyōsai (d. 1889)

1880 · Painting, hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

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Calligraphy in Semi-Cursive Style (xing-caoshu) by Yueshan Daozong, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Calligraphy in Semi-Cursive Style (xing-caoshu)

Yueshan Daozong (d. 1709)

c. 1660–1709 · Calligraphy, hanging scroll; ink on paper

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Calligraphy by Basavana, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Calligraphy

Basavana (d. 1600)

c. 1596 · Calligraphy, Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso) by Bihzad, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)

Bihzad (d. 1506)

c. 1485 · Manuscript, opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

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Poem by Wang Wei in the Cursive Script Style by Song Lizong, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Poem by Wang Wei in the Cursive Script Style

Song Lizong (d. 1264)

1256 · Calligraphy, Album leaf; ink on silk

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Calligraphy Couplet by Liang Qichao, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Calligraphy Couplet

Liang Qichao (d. 1929)

after 1911 · Calligraphy, Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper

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Poem on Imperial Gift of an Embroidered Silk: Calligraphy in Running-Standard Script (xingkaishu) by Wen Zhengming, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Poem on Imperial Gift of an Embroidered Silk: Calligraphy in Running-Standard Script (xingkaishu)

Wen Zhengming (d. 1559)

c. 1525 · Calligraphy, Hanging scroll; ink on paper

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Calligraphy (reverse) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Calligraphy (reverse)

Unrecorded maker

late 1800s · Painting, Ten-panel folding screen affixed with album leaves (obverse), calligraphy (reverse), ink and color on silk

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