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花鳥図屏風
Birds and Flowers
花鳥図屏風
Watanabe Shôeki (Japanese, born in 1848)
Japanese
early Meiji era
late 19th century
Medium/Technique
One from a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color and gold on gold-leafed paper
Dimensions
Image: 170.2 × 370.8 cm (67 × 146 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.8027
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.