Calligraphy

The recipient of this work is the prominent diplomat Qian Tai (Tsien Tai, 1886-1962), who studied in China and France and received a doctorate in law from the University of Paris. He was a member of the Chinese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, and was appointed the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, as well as to diplomatic posts in Spain and Belgium. He served as the Ambassador to France from 1944 to 1949.