Title: Letter
Object type: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf
Date: dated 1597
Culture: China
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Artist:  Xue Mingyi 
Artist bio: Chinese, active ca. 1538–after 1597
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold-flecked paper
Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 18 in. (14.6 x 45.7 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY