Plum Blossom and Bush Warbler
Matsumura Keibun
(Japanese, 1779–1843)
19th century
Medium/TechniqueOne of a pair of hanging scrolls; ink and light color on silk
DimensionsImage: 105.8 x 39.6 cm (41 5/8 x 15 9/16 in.)
Overall: 197.5 x 58.4 cm (77 3/4 x 23 in.)
Overall: 197.5 x 58.4 cm (77 3/4 x 23 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift in honor of George S. Abrams
Accession number2014.997.1-2
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ProvenanceHara Sankei (b. 1869 – d. 1939), Yokohama, Japan. 1936, consigned to the sale of the Shofukaku collection, Tokyo Art Club, unsold (sale never took place). 1975, sold by Mathias Komor (dealer), New York, to an anonymous collector; 2014, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2014)
Matsumura Keibun
early 19th century
Kano Tanshin Morimasa
latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries