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Luohans in a bamboo grove receiving offerings
Luohans in a bamboo grove receiving offerings

Luohans in a bamboo grove receiving offerings

Zhou Jichang (Chinese, second half of 12th century)
about 1178
Medium/TechniqueInk, color, and gold on silk
DimensionsImage: 113 × 51.5 cm (44 1/2 × 20 1/4 in.)
Framed: 163.2 × 63.8 × 3.5 cm (64 1/4 × 25 1/8 × 1 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGeneral Funds
Accession number95.5
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ClassificationsPaintings
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Provenance13th century, taken from China to Japan and deposited at the temple Jufukuji, Kamakura; transferred by the Hojo family to Soun-ji, Hakone; 1590, removed from Hakone by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (b. 1536 - d. 1598) and presented to the temple Hoko-ji, Kyoto. Late 16th century, became the property of the temple Daitoku-ji, Kyoto; 1895, sold by the temple Daitoku-ji to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 17, 1895)

NOTE:
This is one of ten Chinese paintings that were lent to the MFA in 1894 by the temple Daitoku-ji and sold in 1895 to raise funds for temple repairs. For more information on their provenance, see Wu Tung, "Tales from the land of dragons: 1000 years of Chinese painting" (Boston: MFA, 1997), pp. 160-161, cat. nos. 34-43.