Daodejing in Gold Ink, Incomplete
Zhao Mengfu
(Chinese, 1254–1322)
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueGold ink on blue dyed (indigo?) paper
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 32 × 16 × 2.2 cm (12 5/8 × 6 5/16 × 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2018.2858
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCalligraphy
Collections
ProvenanceSold by an unknown Chinese dealer in Tokyo to Wan-go H.C. Weng, 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)
Zhao Mengfu
Artist unidentified, Japanese
744–752