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Egyptian rubbing with calligraphic inscription

Duan Fang (1861–1911)
Egyptian
1906

Medium/Technique Ink on paper
Dimensions Overall: 107 x 26.4 cm (42 1/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Image: 23.2 x 23.5 cm (9 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Keith McLeod Fund
Accession Number2013.1657
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsRubbings

ProvenanceProbably kept by the artist until his death [see note]. 1938, acquired in Beijing by Li Han-Bok (b. 1897 – d. 1943), Korea. Private collection, Connecticut. 2013, anonymous dealer; September 16, 2013, anonymous sale (consigned by a dealer), Bonham’s, New York, lot 8136, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 20, 2013)

NOTE: Duan Fang, a Manchurian official, traveled to Egypt in the summer of 1906, presumably the year in which he made this rubbing. After his death in 1911 the works of art in his collection were dispersed.