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Dragon

(Japanese, 1733–1795)
dated 1777 (An'ei 6)
Medium/TechniqueOne from a pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper
DimensionsImage: 134.7 x 89.4 cm (53 1/16 x 35 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.8498
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ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
Inscriptions蓋表「龍虎図 應舉画」
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.
17th century
17th century
17th–18th centuries
late 18th century
late 18th century
17th century
mid 19th century
mid 19th century
mid 19th century