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Bare willows and distant mountains

(Chinese, 1190–1235)
end of 12th century
Country of Origin, for CustomsChina
Medium/TechniqueInk and color on silk
DimensionsOverall: 23.8 x 24.2cm (9 3/8 x 9 1/2in.)
Framed: 47.9 × 47.9 × 3.2 cm (18 7/8 × 18 7/8 × 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number14.61
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
Provenance1913, with a Mr. Re, China; October 5, 1913, sold by Mr. Re to Hayasaki Kokichi (b. 1874 - d. 1956) [see note 1] and taken to Japan; December, 1913, shipped to Boston and purchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1914)

NOTES:
[1] The MFA's purchasing agent in China.

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