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In the Pot There is a Separate Heaven
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In the Pot There is a Separate Heaven

Mokuan Shôtô (Muan Xingtao) (Chinese, 1611–1684)
17th century
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink on paper
DimensionsImage: 132.4 x 36.2 cm (52 1/8 x 14 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Accession number2014.1527
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ClassificationsCalligraphy
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ProvenanceBy 1981, Johnstone-Fong, Inc., Philadelphia [see note]; March 20, 1982, sold by Johnstone-Fong 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)

NOTE: Illustrated in an advertisement for Johnstone-Fogg, Oriental Art, n.s., vol. 27, no. 4 (Winter 1981/1982), p. 381.
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