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Cranes under an overhanging pine tree
Cranes under an overhanging pine tree

Cranes under an overhanging pine tree

Liu Songnian (Chinese, about 1175 – after 1195)
first half of the 13th century
Medium/TechniqueInk and color on silk
Dimensions23.3 x 24.8 cm (9 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number14.57
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
Provenance1913, with a Mr. Re, China; October 5, 1913, sold by Mr. Re to Hayasaki Kokichi (b. 1874 - d. 1956) [see note 1] and taken to Japan; December, 1913, shipped to Boston and purchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1914)

NOTES:
[1] The MFA's purchasing agent in China.