The Kite
Weng Tonghe
(Chinese, 1830–1904)
1891
Medium/Techniqueink and color on paper
DimensionsImage: 17 × 125.9 cm (6 11/16 × 49 9/16 in.)
Overall: 18 × 802.7 cm (7 1/16 × 316 in.)
Height x length (frontispiece): 17 × 87.3 cm (6 11/16 × 34 3/8 in.)
Length (end paper): 513.5 cm (202 3/16 in.)
Overall: 18 × 802.7 cm (7 1/16 × 316 in.)
Height x length (frontispiece): 17 × 87.3 cm (6 11/16 × 34 3/8 in.)
Length (end paper): 513.5 cm (202 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2021.485
On View
Not 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
Weng Tonghe
Weng Tonghe
