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七言聯
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Couplet in Running Script Calligraphy
七言聯
Attributed to: Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559)
Chinese
Ming dynasty
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Ink on paper with sparkled gold
Dimensions
Image (right): 156.4 × 30.6 cm (61 9/16 × 12 1/16 in.)
Image (left): 155.6 × 30.6 cm (61 1/4 × 12 1/16 in.)
Overall (right): 189.2 × 36.7 cm (74 1/2 × 14 7/16 in.)
Overall (left): 188.4 × 37 cm (74 3/16 × 14 9/16 in.)
Image (left): 155.6 × 30.6 cm (61 1/4 × 12 1/16 in.)
Overall (right): 189.2 × 36.7 cm (74 1/2 × 14 7/16 in.)
Overall (left): 188.4 × 37 cm (74 3/16 × 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession Number2018.2859.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCalligraphy
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)