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"Hidden Mountain Spring" by Li Bai

Uragami Gyokudô (Japanese, 1745–1820)

19th century

Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink on paper

DimensionsImage: 22.5 x 31.8 cm (8 7/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
Overall: 105.5 x 49.4 cm (41 9/16 x 19 7/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto

Accession number2014.1513

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ClassificationsCalligraphy

Collections

Asia

ProvenanceSeptember 28, 1973, sold by James Freeman (dealer), Kyoto, to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA; 2014, gift of Sylvan Barnet and the estate of William Burto to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)

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