A pair of six-character couplet scrolls on Chengshen
Weng Tonghe
(Chinese, 1830–1904)
Medium/Techniqueink on yellow paper
DimensionsImage (each calligraphy): 148.3 × 51.6 cm (58 3/8 × 20 5/16 in.)
Overall (each scroll): 204.6 × 58.6 cm (80 9/16 × 23 1/16 in.)
Overall (each scroll): 204.6 × 58.6 cm (80 9/16 × 23 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2021.497.1-2
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Not on viewClassificationsCalligraphy
Inscriptions成身自不妄語始，學到惟治怒字難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
Weng Tonghe
Weng Tonghe