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Melons and Insects


Uri ni mushi zu
瓜に虫図
Zean (Japanese, 1486–1581)
Japanese
Muromachi period
16th century

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions 28.6 x 48.3 cm (11 1/4 x 19 in.) (height x width)
Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4162
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. VI (Ink ptg.), no. 14
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.