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老子
Laozi
老子
Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651)
Japanese
Edo period
first half of the 17th century
Medium/Technique
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 152.5 x 350.8 cm (60 1/16 x 138 1/8 in.)
Overall: 170 x 376.8 cm
Overall: 170 x 376.8 cm
Credit Line
Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4317
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. I (Kano), no. 283(2)
ProvenanceBefore 1886, acquired in Japan by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (b. 1853 - d. 1908), Salem, MA; 1886, sold with the Fenollosa collection to Charles Goddard Weld (b. 1857 - d. 1911), Brookline, MA; 1911, bequest of Charles Goddard Weld to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 7, 1911)