"Tian fang xianren" Seal
Wang Daxin
(Chinese, 1869 – 1924)
1644–1912
Medium/TechniqueShoushan stone; “Hong furong" type ("Red hibiscus" ), possibly from the "Jiangjun" pit ("General")
DimensionsLength x width: 1.6 × 1.4 × 3.2 cm (5/8 × 9/16 × 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2019.2018
ClassificationsSeals
Inscriptions擬松雪老人 冰鐵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)
