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Children at Play

(Chinese, 1682 – 1756)
1737
Object PlaceChina
Medium/Techniqueink and color on an open weave gauze (silk?)
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 25.8 × 20.5 × 2.6 cm (10 3/16 × 8 1/16 × 1 in.)
Height x width (Paintings each): 19 × 16.5 cm (7 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2018.2823
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
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)
Restricted: For reference only
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