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One of 42 Paintings and Calligraphies for Mao Qi: Flowers by Ma Kan and Calligraphy by Lu Can

(Chinese)
(Chinese)
1686
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueInk and color on paper
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 32 × 31.5 × 3.8 cm (12 5/8 × 12 3/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2018.2795.12
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
Inscriptions丙寅仲冬
Provenance19th century, Weng Tonghe (b. 1830 - d. 1904), Beijing and 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, Tianjin, New York, and New Hampshire; 2002, transferred to the Hsing Ching Weng Trust, New Hampshire; 2018, gift of the Hsing Ching Weng Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)
A  Woman Enjoying the Evening Cool
Toriyama Kan
early 19th century
Swallows, Peach Blossoms, and Willows
Shokatsu Kan
latter half of the 18th century
Golden Pheasant on a Pine Tree
Shokatsu Kan
1754 (Hôreki 4)
White-Vented Bulbuls on Hydrangeas
Shokatsu Kan
latter half of the 18th century
Restricted: For reference only
Ma Tai
20th century
Nobleman on stag
Ma Lin
second quarter of the 13th century
Pair of redstarts with autumn leaves
Ma Lin
late 13th–early 14th century
Boating near lake shore with reeds
Ma Yuan
mid-13th century