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Flowers of the Four Seasons


四季花鳥図 山茶花図
Nishiyama Kan'ei (Japanese, 1834–1897)
Japanese
late Edo period – Meiji era
mid 19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique One from a set of four hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Image: 137.3 x 25 cm (54 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.8478
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.