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Painting after Wen Zhengming's style with cursive script calligraphy
Image Not Available for Painting after Wen Zhengming's style with cursive script calligraphy

Painting after Wen Zhengming's style with cursive script calligraphy

Fei Nian'ci (Chinese, 1855 – 1905)
Shouci (Chinese, late Qing dynasty)
Medium/Techniquefolding fan; calligraphy in ink on gold paper; painting in color and ink on paper. Ivory guards with minute inscriptions
DimensionsOverall (folded): 30 × 2 × 3.5 cm (11 13/16 × 13/16 × 1 3/8 in.)
Overall (opened): 30 × 36.5 cm (11 13/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2021.469
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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)