Hu, Tiger in cursive script
Weng Tonghe
(Chinese, 1830–1904)
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; set of 4 hanging scrolls
DimensionsImage (calligraphy 1): 23.1 × 19.4 cm (9 1/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
Image (calligraphy 2): 38.5 × 23.6 cm (15 3/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Image (calligraphy 3): 38.2 × 23.3 cm (15 1/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Image (calligraphy 4): 23 × 19.3 cm (9 1/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
Overall (each scroll): 114.3 × 31.5 cm (45 × 12 3/8 in.)
Image (calligraphy 2): 38.5 × 23.6 cm (15 3/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Image (calligraphy 3): 38.2 × 23.3 cm (15 1/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Image (calligraphy 4): 23 × 19.3 cm (9 1/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
Overall (each scroll): 114.3 × 31.5 cm (45 × 12 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2021.476.1-4
On View
On viewClassificationsCalligraphy
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)
Weng Tonghe
