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The sixteen luohans
The sixteen luohans

The sixteen luohans

Unidentified artist 佚名 (Chinese, active 13th century)
13th century
Medium/TechniqueInk, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions81.8 x 37 cm (32 3/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.6144
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
Shakyamuni on a lotus throne
Unidentified artist 佚名
14th century (?)
Landscape with palaces in blue-and-green style
Unidentified artist 佚名
second half of the 14th century
Restricted: For reference only
Unidentified artist 佚名
mid-16th century
Seated man
Unidentified artist 佚名
Early 14th century
Restricted: For reference only
Unidentified artist 佚名
1870
Shakyamuni meditating as an ascetic
Unidentified artist 佚名
late 14th century
Thousand armed Guanyin
Unidentified artist 佚名
16th century
Palaces with figures in landscape
Unidentified artist 佚名
14th century
Falcon striking a swan
Unidentified artist 佚名
late 14th century
Wintry landscape with returning birds
Unidentified artist 佚名
15th century
Restricted: For reference only
Unidentified artist 佚名
1644–1911
Restricted: For reference only
Unidentified artist 佚名
17th century