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Plum Blossom and Bush Warbler

Matsumura Keibun (Japanese, 1779–1843)
Japanese
Edo period
19th century

Medium/Technique One of a pair of hanging scrolls; ink and light color on silk
Dimensions Image: 105.8 x 39.6 cm (41 5/8 x 15 9/16 in.)
Overall: 197.5 x 58.4 cm (77 3/4 x 23 in.)
Credit Line Anonymous gift in honor of George S. Abrams
Accession Number2014.997.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

ProvenanceHara Sankei (b. 1869 – d. 1939), Yokohama, Japan. 1936, consigned to the sale of the Shofukaku collection, Tokyo Art Club, unsold (sale never took place). 1975, sold by Mathias Komor (dealer), New York, to an anonymous collector; 2014, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2014)