Title: Excerpt from Xie Huilian’s  Prose Poem “On Snow”
Object type: Handscroll
Culture: China
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Artist:  Dong Qichang 
Artist bio: Chinese, 1555–1636
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Handscroll; ink on satin
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 72 5/16 in. (26.7 x 183.7 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY