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Scholars conversing beneath blossoming plum tree
Scholars conversing beneath blossoming plum tree

Scholars conversing beneath blossoming plum tree

Ma Yuan (Chinese, 1190–1235)
early 13th century
Medium/TechniqueInk and color on silk
Dimensions23.4 x 25.2 cm (9 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number14.62
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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