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Shou,“Longevity” character

(Chinese, 1830–1904)
Medium/Techniqueink on red paper
DimensionsImage: 132.4 × 63.7 cm (52 1/8 × 25 1/16 in.)
Overall: 205.5 × 54.3 cm (80 7/8 × 21 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2021.504
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ClassificationsCalligraphy
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)