Calligraphy in small regular scrip
Weng Tonghe
(Chinese, 1830–1904)
Medium/Techniqueink on paper; folding fan with lacquered guards,inscribed and decorated with bird and flower motif
DimensionsOverall (folded): 32.1 × 2.1 × 2.5 cm (12 5/8 × 13/16 × 1 in.)
Overall (opened): 32 × 43 cm (12 5/8 × 16 15/16 in.)
Overall (opened): 32 × 43 cm (12 5/8 × 16 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2021.491
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)
1800–30
1783–85
1870–75
about 1830–55
about 1830
14th century
Weng Tonghe