Two mounted fans, orchids and calligraphy
Weng Tonghe
(Chinese, 1830–1904)
Medium/Techniqueink on paper
DimensionsImage (the upper fan painting): 53 × 24.5 cm (20 7/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Image (the lower fan painting): 54 × 24 cm (21 1/4 × 9 7/16 in.)
Overall: 136.2 × 60.5 cm (53 5/8 × 23 13/16 in.)
Image (the lower fan painting): 54 × 24 cm (21 1/4 × 9 7/16 in.)
Overall: 136.2 × 60.5 cm (53 5/8 × 23 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2021.501
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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
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