Seal paste
1644–1912
Medium/Techniquetextile box inlaied with blue and white ceramic container with dried seal paste
DimensionsDiameter and length: 7 × 4.5 cm (2 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2019.2014
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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: December 11, 2019)
3500–2700 B.C.
Second half of 19th century
1426–1400 B.C.
1595–1157 B.C.
