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Running script calligraphy
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Running script calligraphy

Weng Tonghe (Chinese, 1830–1904)
1902
Medium/Techniqueink on paper; set of four hanging scrolls
DimensionsOverall (each scroll): 148.5 × 34 cm (58 7/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
Image (each calligraphy): 133.5 × 32.6 cm (52 9/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2021.478.1-4
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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)