Bird and flower album by a deceased wife, vol.1

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Bird and flower album by a deceased wife, vol.1

亡妻湯夫人孟淑遺墨

Tang Song (Chinese, 1829 – 1858)

Chinese

Qing dynasty

1644–1912

Medium/Technique ink and color on paper

Dimensions Overall: 2 × 15.5 × 28.5 cm (13/16 × 6 1/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection in honor of Weng Tonghe

Accession Number2019.1997.1

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CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsPaintings

Provenance19th century, Weng Tonghe (b. 1830 – d. 1904), 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; 2019, gift of the Hsing Ching Weng Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)