Ming/Qing Dynasty Zhu Da (Bada Shanren) wrote a letter to Alchemist Guan on paper., Bada Shanren

China; album; calligraphy. Date: datable to ca. 1688–1705. Dimensions: Image (leaf a, right letter): 7 3/4 x 5 7/16 in. (19.7 x 13.8 cm); Image (leaf a, left letter): 7 1/4 x 4 9/16 in. (18.4 x 11.6 cm); Image (leaf b, right letter): 7 1/2 x 5 3/16 in. (19.1 x 13.2 cm); Image (leaf b, left letter): 7 x 4 9/16 in. (17.8 x 11.6 cm); Image (leaf c, right letter): 7 1/2 x 5 3/16 in. (19.1 x 13.2 cm); Image (leaf c, left letter): 7 1/4 x 4 9/16 in. (18.4 x 11.6 cm); Image (leaf d, right letter): 7 1/2 x 5 3/16 in. (19.1 x 13.2 cm); Image (leaf d, left letter): 7 1/4 x 4 9/16 in. (18.4 x 11.6 cm); Image (leaf e, right letter): 7 5/8 x 5 3/16 in. (19.4 x 13.2 cm); ; Image (leaf e, left letter): 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (18.4 x 12.1 cm). Medium: ink, paper. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. 明-清 朱耷（八大山人） 致方士琯書 冊 紙本-Letters to Fang Shiguan MET 1982 458d left