Auspicious Couplet in Clerical Script Calligraphy

• Artist: Li Ruiqing (Calligrapher)
• Medium: Hanging scroll, ink on paper
• Dates: 1910
• Dynasty: Qing
• Period: Qing Dynasty
• Dimensions: overall: 95 1/2 x 23 in. (243.0 x 58.5 cm) exclusive of mount: 78 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (198.5 x 48.5 cm)
• Inscriptions: Inscription translates as: " A jade emblem evidences the virtue of intelligence, A fine wood contains no wasted timber."
• Collection: Asian Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 6H4, 38
• Accession Number: 1991.81.1
• Image: CUR.1991.81.1_view1_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, Nov 30, 2010