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The Death of the Historical Buddha

The Death of the Historical Buddha

Nehan zu
仏涅槃図

Artist unknown, Japanese

Japanese

Edo period

17th–18th centuries

Medium/Technique Panel; ink, color, and gold on silk

Dimensions 146.9 x 85 cm (57 13/16 x 33 7/16 in.) (height x width)

Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection

Accession Number11.4105

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 205

ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum.