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梅花圖屏 (金農)
Plum blossoms in four scrolls
梅花圖屏 (金農)
Jin Nong (Chinese, 1687–1764)
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1736
Medium/Technique
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 162.9 × 214 cm (64 1/8 × 84 1/4 in.)
Image: 96.6 x 51.6 cm (38 1/16 x 20 5/16 in.)
Image: 96.6 x 51.6 cm (38 1/16 x 20 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession Number2017.3902.1-4
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
24
Marks
Artist’s seals:
Jin Jijin yin 金吉金印 (square, intaglio)
Shengyu dingmao 生於丁卯 (square, relief)
Jin Jijin yin 金吉金印 (square, intaglio)
Shengyu dingmao 生於丁卯 (square, relief)
InscriptionsArtist’s inscription and signature (2 columns in standard/lacquer script, dated 1736)
乾隆元年十月，在宣武門外寓樓中畫。錢唐金農
The tenth month of the first year of the reign of Qianlong [1736], painted in my residence outside the Xuanwu Gate [north gate of Beijing], Qiantang [Hangzhou] Jin Nong
乾隆元年十月，在宣武門外寓樓中畫。錢唐金農
The tenth month of the first year of the reign of Qianlong [1736], painted in my residence outside the Xuanwu Gate [north gate of Beijing], Qiantang [Hangzhou] Jin Nong
Provenance1959, sold by Ma Jizuo (b. 1915 – d. 2009), Hong Kong, to Wan-go H.C. Weng, New York and New Hampshire; 2002, transferred to the Hsing Ching Weng Trust, New Hampshire; 2017, gift of the Hsing Ching Weng Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 2017)