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Laozi

Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651)

first half of the 17th century

Medium/TechniqueOne of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper

DimensionsImage: 152.5 x 350.8 cm (60 1/16 x 138 1/8 in.)
Overall: 170 x 376.8 cm

Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection

Accession number11.4317

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ClassificationsPaintings

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Asia

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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