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A grand dragon boat


大龍舟圖團扇 (傳 王振鵬)
Attributed to: Wang Zhenpeng 王振鵬 (Chinese, active about 1280–1329)
Chinese
Yuan dynasty
early 14th century

Medium/Technique Ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions 25.5 x 26.5 cm (10 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number12.899
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

ProvenanceJuan Yuan (b. 1764 - d. 1849). By about 1900, Wanyan Jingxian (d. by 1928), Beijing [see note 1];1912, sold by Wanyan Jingxian to Okakura Kakuzo (b. 1862 - d. 1913) for the MFA. (Accession Date: September 5, 1912)

NOTES:
[1] According to a statement in his own painting catalogue, Wanyan Jingxian lost this object (part of an album, MFA accession nos. 12.889 - 12.901) during the Boxer Rebellion, but recovered it shortly thereafter.