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Five-character ancient-style poem in running script
Five-character ancient-style poem in running script

Five-character ancient-style poem in running script

Weng Xincun (Chinese, 1791 – 1862)
1819
Medium/Techniqueink on paper
DimensionsImage: 100.5 × 20.2 cm (39 9/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
Overall: 237.9 × 39.3 cm (93 11/16 × 15 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2021.465
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ClassificationsCalligraphy
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)