DOUBLE BEAUTY II

Qing Dynasty Couplets from the Lechangzai Xuan Collection

Harold Mok

The Chinese couplet is a unique literary form that manifests the extensive use of parallelism in the classic tradition. Calligraphers, scholars, officials and even emperors often wrote couplets not simply as art works but also as gifts. Important both for their aesthetic value and their social function, these Qing dynasty couplets, as a whole, represent the wealth of calligraphy of the period. The 150 works in this catalog were exhibited at the Art Museum, CUHK in March 2007. They are the sequel to the “Double Beauty” catalog and exhibition organized in 2003.

Hardcover edition:
Price: US$52.00

 

Softcover edition:
Price: US$39.00