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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.)
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
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania
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.
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.