Period:Unknown Production date:1996
Materials:paper
Technique:
Subjects:calligraphy
Dimensions:Height: 155 centimetres Width: 61.10 centimetres
Description:
Pair of hanging scrolls, made of ink on paper. Poem by Li Bai (李白) of the same title: “The Universe is a lodging house for a myriad things, / and Time itself a travelling guest of the centuries. / As this floating life is like a dream, / let us, like the ancients, light candles and so / prolong the pleasures of the day into the night”.
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![图片[1]-calligraphy BM-2002-0130-0.14.a-b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Calligraphic works/mid_00297760_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-calligraphy BM-2002-0130-0.14.a-b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Calligraphic works/mid_00297762_001.jpg)
Comments:Barrass, 2002:Huang Miaozi decided to write out this poem for Kristen Lippincott (Barrass), Director of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. The artist feels it contains some of the most wonderful images of time and life ever written.
Materials:paper
Technique:
Subjects:calligraphy
Dimensions:Height: 155 centimetres Width: 61.10 centimetres
Description:
Pair of hanging scrolls, made of ink on paper. Poem by Li Bai (李白) of the same title: “The Universe is a lodging house for a myriad things, / and Time itself a travelling guest of the centuries. / As this floating life is like a dream, / let us, like the ancients, light candles and so / prolong the pleasures of the day into the night”.
IMG
Comments:Barrass, 2002:Huang Miaozi decided to write out this poem for Kristen Lippincott (Barrass), Director of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. The artist feels it contains some of the most wonderful images of time and life ever written.
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