Fourteen-Character Couplet in Running Script (Korean, 'Haeng-sŏ'; Chinese, 'Xingshu')
CalligraphyKorean19th-20th century

Fourteen-Character Couplet in Running Script (Korean, 'Haeng-sŏ'; Chinese, 'Xingshu')

late 19th-early 20th century

Artists

Kim Sŏng-kŭn (also known by sobriquet ['ho']: Hae-sa)Artist
Classification
Calligraphy
Medium
One of a pair of hanging scrolls now mounted as the seventh and eighth panels of a ten-panel folding screen; ink on lavendar- and orange-tinted papers decorated with seven dragon-and pearl roundels interspersed with scrolling clouds on the right panel and with designs of flying bats and scrolling clouds on the left panel, the decorations all painted in ink; with signature of the artist reading "Hae-sa"; with one square, red, intaglio seal of the artist reading "Kim Sŏng Kŭn In"
Culture
Korean
Period
Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
Century
19th-20th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

each couplet: H. 119.8 x W. 26.4 cm (47 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

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