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竹枝蜻蜓圖軸
View: With mount
Dragonfly on a bamboo spray
竹枝蜻蜓圖軸
Traditionally attributed to: Qian Xuan 舊傳 錢選 (Chinese, 1239–after 1301)
Chinese
Yuan dynasty
mid-14th century
Medium/Technique
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 37 × 27.4 cm (14 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
Mount: 87.5 × 42.7 cm (34 7/16 × 16 13/16 in.)
Overall (including hanging space and endknobs): 91 × 47.6 cm (35 13/16 × 18 3/4 in.)
Mount: 87.5 × 42.7 cm (34 7/16 × 16 13/16 in.)
Overall (including hanging space and endknobs): 91 × 47.6 cm (35 13/16 × 18 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6146
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.