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Calligraphy: "Happiness" by Empress Dowager Cixi
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublic domain

Calligraphy: "Happiness"

Empress Dowager Cixi · 18th–19th century

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Artist

Empress Dowager Cixi

Date

18th–19th century

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink on gold-flecked paper

Dimensions

45 x 24 1/2 in. (114.3 x 62.2 cm)

Classification

Calligraphy

Department

Asian Art

Culture / origin

China

Credit line

Bequest of Katherine S. Dreier, 1952

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