Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Image Not Available for "Pingweng zhenmi" Seal
"Pingweng zhenmi" Seal
Image Not Available for "Pingweng zhenmi" Seal

"Pingweng zhenmi" Seal

Wu Changshuo (Chinese, 1842–1927)
1644–1912
Medium/TechniqueQingtian stone
DimensionsLength x width: 1.4 × 1.3 × 3.1 cm (9/16 × 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2019.2076
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSeals
Collections
Description

This is the seal that the collector Weng Tonghe used to make an impression on this scroll. It was designed and carved by Wu Changshuo, a leading artist in late Qing dynasty China who had an extraordinary impact on both Chinese and Japanese art circles and also carved seals. The seal reveals a connection between the top national scholar Weng Tonghe (the seal owner) in the late 19th century and the most innovative artist of the time, Wu Changshuo (the seal carver).

Inscriptions紫 ⃞ 缶廬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)