Unknown Chinese
Front Shrine, West Wall, Wu Liang Family Shrine Complex

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CultureChinese

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Front Shrine, West Wall, Wu Liang Family Shrine Complex
Rubbing from the Wu Family Shrine Carvings

Datemid-2nd century, rubbing late 20th century

PlaceZhifang (township), China

MediumInk rubbing on Chinese paper

DimensionsSheet: 48 × 77 3/4 in. (121.9 × 197.5 cm)
Mount: 56 × 85 1/2 in. (142.2 × 217.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jane and Leopold Swergold

Object number2017.297

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Department

Asian Art

Object Type

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

ProvenanceAlan Priest; Robert H. Ellsworth; [Sotheby’s, New York]; purchased by Jane and Leopold Swergold, 2006; given to MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Many figures and scenes are labelled with vertical identification cartouches. Some of these inscriptions simply identify a figure by name and title, whereas the longer ones, written in a popular Eastern Han literary style called zan (eulogy), help the viewer comprehend the narratives and their significance.
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