Li Tianxiang 李天祥

This couplet shows beautiful, strong brushwork in the small seal script style.

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litianxiang_lowerseal (18K) litianxiang_upperseal (13K)
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liuzongyuan_left (18K) liuzongyuan_right (17K)
Creator.Personal Name: 李 天祥
Creator.Personal Name: Li Tianxiang.
Creator.Role: calligrapher.
Title: [Couplet from ]
Description: pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper (small seal script); dated 2003; unsigned; two artists seals (lower seal inscribed Li Tianxiang's seal).
Type: Calligraphy--Chinese.
Type: Scroll (Visual work)--Chinese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Culture: Chinese.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 9.5 x 52.5 in. each
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.

Translation of Liu Zongyuan's (柳宗元) River Snow (江雪):
A hundred mountains and no bird,
A thousand paths without a footprint.

千山鸟飞绝
万径人踪灭


Translation of full poem:
A hundred mountains and no bird,
A thousand paths without a footprint;
A little boat, a bamboo cloak,
An old man fishing in the cold river-snow.

千山鸟飞绝
万径人踪灭
孤舟蓑笠翁
独钓寒江雪
Chinese Calligraphy