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Set of 8 ink sticks in a lacquer box
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Set of 8 ink sticks in a lacquer box

Hu Kaiwen (Chinese, 1742 – 1808)
DimensionsOverall (Box): 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.)
Overall (ink stick): 7.6 × 2.5 cm (3 × 1 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2021.526.1-9
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ClassificationsScholar's objects
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 (b. 1918 – d. 2020), Tianjin, New York, and New Hampshire; 2002, transferred to the Hsing Ching Weng Trust, New Hampshire; 2021, gift of the Hsing Ching Weng Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 16, 2021)