Swallows and Apricot Blossoms
Ma Yuanyu
(Chinese, 1669–1722)
Object PlaceChina
Medium/Techniqueink, color on silk
DimensionsHeight x width (Scroll Overall): 250 × 72.4 × 4 cm (98 7/16 × 28 1/2 × 1 9/16 in.)
Height x width (Painting only): 82.4 × 41.5 cm (32 7/16 × 16 5/16 in.)
Height x width (Painting only): 82.4 × 41.5 cm (32 7/16 × 16 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2018.2820
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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)
