Rubbing
| Object Number: | 29-25-23 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Chinese |
| Provenience: | China |
| Period: | 20th Century |
| Date Made: | ca. 1900 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Paper |
| Technique: | Rubbing |
| Iconography: | Yan Hui |
| Inscription Language: | Chinese Language |
| Credit Line: | Museum Purchase, 1929 |
Description
Ink-squeeze rubbing taken from a stone stele engraved with a portrait of Yan Hui 顏回, one of the disciples of Confucius. The subject of the portrait is identified by a title in xiaozhuan (“small seal script”) calligraphy. A eulogy in four rhyming lines follows.
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