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Calligraphy fan mounted as hanging scroll
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Calligraphy fan mounted as hanging scroll

Weng Xincun (Chinese, 1791 – 1862)
Medium/Techniqueink on paper
DimensionsHeight x width (for both fan): 52 × 23.5 cm (20 1/2 × 9 1/4 in.)
Overall: 145.9 × 57.7 cm (57 7/16 × 22 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2021.470
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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)