Object Number | 15233 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Korean |
Provenience | Korea |
Period | Joseon Dynasty |
Date Made | 18th Century - 1892 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Paper | Ink |
Inscription Language | Chinese Language |
Description | Writing lesson, ink on paper. For school boys. Large stiff paper like a poster with large characters. Calligraphy practice sheet - brush and ink on paper. The characters are taken from the Qian zi wen 千字文 “1000-character text”, an old literacy primer, copied out with brush and ink six times: 外受傅訓,入奉母儀. “Outside the home, accept the instructions of your master; at home, honor your mother's model behavior.” This is followed by a row of unrelated zhi 之 “it”. Other smaller characters and hangul are at the bottom as well. The calligraphy is that of a child learner or possibly an adult foreigner. |
Height | 96 cm |
Width | 61.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Eli B. Landis, 1892 |
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