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Hu (Tiger) in One-stroke

Hu (Tiger) in One-stroke

(Chinese, 1830–1904)
1890
Medium/Techniqueink on paper
DimensionsImage: 131.4 × 61 cm (51 3/4 × 24 in.)
Overall: 148 × 65.6 cm (58 1/4 × 25 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2021.498
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ClassificationsCalligraphy
InscriptionsArtist’s inscription and signature (2 columns in standard script, dated 1890) 庚寅正月，同龢 The first month of the gengyin year [1890], Tonghe
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)