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十二支図押絵貼屏風
Twelve Zodiacal Animals
十二支図押絵貼屏風
Kishi Renzan (Japanese, 1805–1859)
Japanese
late Edo period
1840 (Tenpô 11)
Medium/Technique
One from a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 124 x 54.3cm (48 13/16 x 21 3/8in.)
Image: 51.6 x 124 cm (20 5/16 x 48 13/16 in.)
Image: 54.2 x 123.9 cm (21 5/16 x 48 3/4 in.)
Storage: 169.8 x 62.7 x 11 cm (66 7/8 x 24 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Image: 51.6 x 124 cm (20 5/16 x 48 13/16 in.)
Image: 54.2 x 123.9 cm (21 5/16 x 48 3/4 in.)
Storage: 169.8 x 62.7 x 11 cm (66 7/8 x 24 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.8537
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.