Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru , 北宋 黃庭堅 草書廉頗藺相如傳 卷, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), ca. 1095, China, Handscroll; ink

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Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru , 北宋 黃庭堅 草書廉頗藺相如傳 卷, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), ca. 1095, China, Handscroll; ink on paper, Image: 13 1/4 in. × 60 ft. 4 1/2 in. ( × cm), Calligraphy, Huang Tingjian (Chinese, 1045–1105), Poet, calligrapher, and Chan (Zen) Buddhist adept, Huang Tingjian believed that calligraphy should be spontaneous and self-expressive—“a picture of the mind.” Containing nearly twelve hundred characters, this handscroll is a masterpiece of cursive-script writing

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