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Sparrows in Snow

(Japanese, dates unknown)
mid 19th century
Medium/TechniqueTwo-panel folding screen; ink, color and gold on paper
DimensionsImage: 156.5 x 87.7 cm (61 5/8 x 34 1/2 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.8709
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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The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
Artist unknown, Japanese
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Snow-Covered Pines and Bamboo (obverse); Landscape (reverse)
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Orchids (Ran)
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Tartar Envoys Bringing Tribute
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