Yao Jianhong

Yao Jianhong's piece displays the two line, fourteen character couplet in seal script--zhuan shu ( 篆 書) and on the left hand side the same couplet in a single line of semicursive script--xing shu ( 行 書).

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Creator.Personal Name: Yao Jianhong.
Creator.Role: calligrapher.
Title: [Couplet]
Description: mounted and framed; ink on suen paper (seal and semicursive scripts); one white seal next to signature and one at upper right.
Date.Creation: 1995.
Type: Calligraphy--Chinese--1995.
Type: Scroll (Visual work)--Chinese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Culture: Chinese.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 8 x 19 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.

Translation:
The mirrored face of the lotus pond reflects the bright moon.
A single flower delicately stands with embroidered silver edges.
Chinese Calligraphy