Cormorants and Tall Tree
Hua Yan
(Chinese, 1682 – 1756)
Object PlaceChina
Medium/Techniqueink, color on paper
DimensionsImage (painting): 208 × 76 cm (81 7/8 × 29 15/16 in.)
Overall (hanging scroll dimensions include end-knobs): 300 × 109.7 cm (118 1/8 × 43 3/16 in.)
Overall (hanging scroll dimensions include end-knobs): 300 × 109.7 cm (118 1/8 × 43 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2018.2826
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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)
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