ZHANG Bailing
(China died 1815)
Couplet in running script
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Zhang Bailing was a native of Liaoning. A 'jinshi' of 1772, he was a 'bianxiu' or compiler at the imperial Hanlin Academy. He served as Governor-General of Liangjiang (in present-day Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi Provinces). He was a renowned writer and calligrapher.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, April 2009.
- Place of origin
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China
- Period
- China: Qing dynasty 1644–1911
- Media
- Calligraphy
- Medium
- pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 125.4 x 27.6cm; 158.5 x 37.0cm
- Credit
- Gift of Dr. James Hayes 2009
- Accession number
- 197.2009.a-b
