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Xiwangmu (Seiôbo), the Queen Mother of the West and Mu Wang (Bokuô)
Xiwangmu (Seiôbo), the Queen Mother of the West and Mu Wang (Bokuô)

Xiwangmu (Seiôbo), the Queen Mother of the West and Mu Wang (Bokuô)

Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651)
first half of the 17th century
Medium/TechniqueOne of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper
DimensionsOverall: 152.5 × 350.7 cm (60 1/16 × 138 1/16 in.)
Image: 152.5 × 350.7 cm (60 1/16 × 138 1/16 in.)
Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession number11.4316
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ClassificationsPaintings
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ProvenanceBefore 1886, acquired in Japan by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (b. 1853 - d. 1908), Salem, MA; 1886, sold with the Fenollosa collection to Charles Goddard Weld (b. 1857 - d. 1911), Brookline, MA; 1911, bequest of Charles Goddard Weld to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 7, 1911)
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