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Twelve Devas (Six Devas)

17th–18th centuries
Medium/TechniqueOne from a pair of hanging scrolls; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions118.9 x 43.8 cm (46 13/16 x 17 1/4 in.) (height x width)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.6291
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.
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Peafowl and Flowers
Mashiyama Sessai
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Carp
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Carp
Kuroda Tôkô
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Empress Doll for the Dolls' Festival
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Tsutsumi Tôrin III
mid 19th century