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Looking at the moon
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Looking at the moon

Weng Tonghe (Chinese, 1830–1904)
1888
Medium/Techniqueink and color on paper
DimensionsImage: 32.1 × 66.5 cm (12 5/8 × 26 3/16 in.)
Overall: 32.4 × 156.3 cm (12 3/4 × 61 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2021.509
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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)