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Drinking cards with historical figures

(Chinese, 1598–1652)
(Chinese, 17th century)
1651-1653
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper
DimensionsExterior: 27.5 × 14.8 × 3.5 cm (10 13/16 × 5 13/16 × 1 3/8 in.)
Image: 20 × 11.9 cm (7 7/8 × 4 11/16 in.)
Overall (double page): 27.5 × 29.8 cm (10 13/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2018.2908
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Provenance19th century, Weng Tonghe (b. 1830 - d. 1904), Beijing and Changshu, China; 1904, by inheritance from Weng Tonghe to his great-grandson, Weng Zhilian (d. 1919), Changshu and Tianjin; 1919, by inheritance from Weng Zhilian to his son, Wan-go H.C. Weng, Tianjin, New York, and New Hampshire; 2002, transferred to the Hsing Ching Weng Trust, New Hampshire; 2018, gift of the Hsing Ching Weng Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)