Calligraphic Scroll with Text in Draft Script (Caoshu)
2001
Artists
Description
The calligraphy is the text of the Tang-dynasty poem "Playng the Guqin" by Liu Changqing (709-780 CE, China) and may be translated as follows: The melody flows out of a seven-string guqin. Quietly I listen to the old tune “Pine Wind.” These kinds of old tunes are what I most adore. But today people seldom play them any more.
Dimensions
136.2 x 34.1 cm (53 5/8 x 13 7/16 in.) mounting: 223.5 x 61.6 cm (88 x 24 1/4 in.)
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