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Guanyin Sutra in Gold Ink [Ma: Small Standard Script Calligraphy of Sutra]
Image Not Available for Guanyin Sutra in Gold Ink [Ma: Small Standard Script Calligraphy of Sutra]

Guanyin Sutra in Gold Ink [Ma: Small Standard Script Calligraphy of Sutra]

Zhang Zhao (Chinese, 1691 – 1745)
1719
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueGold ink on indigo paper (?)
DimensionsOverall: 21.3 × 10.4 × 1.7 cm (8 3/8 × 4 1/8 × 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2018.2870
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ClassificationsCalligraphy
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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)