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Minah birds with pines, day lilies, gardenia, and bamboo


雜花鷯子圖軸
Attributed to: Gu Rongchen (Chinese)
Chinese
Ming dynasty
16th century

Medium/Technique Ink and color on silk 絹本設色
Dimensions 159.2 x 87.7 cm (62 11/16 x 34 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6156
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.