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Calligraphy: "Happiness" by Empress Dowager Cixi — VisualArtsDB

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Calligraphy: "Happiness"

Calligraphy: "Happiness"

Calligraphy: "Happiness"

Empress Dowager Cixi

1700–1899

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on gold-flecked paper
Dimensions: 45 x 24 1/2 in. (114.3 x 62.2 cm)
Genre: Calligraphy
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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