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Herding Water Buffalo in Autumn

(Chinese, 1700 – 1799)
Medium/Techniqueink on paper
DimensionsLength x width (overall): 168.9 × 45.1 cm (66 1/2 × 17 3/4 in.)
Length x width (image): 62.2 × 31.8 cm (24 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2019.1794
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Provenance19th century, Weng Tonghe (b. 1830 – d. 1904), 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; 2019, gift of the Hsing Ching Weng Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2019)
Restricted: For reference only
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