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Maitreya as Budai with children

Dated 1503
Medium/TechniqueInk, color, and gold on silk
DimensionsOverall: 171.3 x 97.7cm (67 7/16 x 38 7/16in.)
Other (Overall): 286 x 110cm (112 5/8 x 43 5/16in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number12.883
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceMay, 1912, purchased in Beijing by Okakura Kakuzo (b. 1862 - d. 1913) for the MFA. (Accession Date: September 5, 1912)
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Landscape with palaces in blue-and-green style
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second half of the 14th century
Restricted: For reference only
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mid-16th century
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Early 14th century
Restricted: For reference only
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1870
Lady Wenji's return to China: encampment in the desert
Artist Unidentified
second quarter of the 12th century
Lady Wenji's return to China: encampment by a stream
Artist Unidentified
second quarter of the 12th century
Lady Wenji's return to China: parting from nomad husband and children
Artist Unidentified
second quarter of the 12th century
Lady Wenji's return to China: Wenji arriving home
Artist Unidentified
second quarter of the 12th century