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仕女圖軸
Beauty
仕女圖軸
Attributed to: Qiu Ying (Chinese, about 1494–about 1552)
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1664–1911
Medium/Technique
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions
108.2 x 46.2 cm (42 5/8 x 18 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6178
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Signed
實父仇英筆 (spurious signature)
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.