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Best known as a "dan" performer in Peking Opera roles, Mei Lanfang was also a painter and calligrapher. Back |
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Creator.Personal Name: 梅蘭芳 1894-1961. Creator.Personal Name: Mei Lanfang, 1894-1961. Creator.Role: calligrapher. Title: [Couplet] Description: pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper (tan with red figures); small seal script; signed by the artist; one red seal and one white seal. Type: Calligraphy--Chinese. Type: Scroll (Visual work)--Chinese. Style.Period: Contemporary. Culture: Chinese. Material.Medium: ink. Material.Support: paper. Measurements: 16 X 69 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. Translation: Having a good friend come is like viewing the moon. Getting an unexpected letter is like looking at a flower. 得 好 友 來 如 對 月 有 奇 書 讀 似 看 華 |
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