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Letter on Behalf of Ike Gyokuran

(Japanese, 1723–1776)
18th century
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink on paper
DimensionsImage: 30.9 x 43.6 cm (12 3/16 x 17 3/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift in honor of Nina Burr
Accession number2015.33
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Not on view
ClassificationsCalligraphy
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1973, private collection [see note]. 1983, sold by Frederick Baekland, through Toyobi Far Eastern Art, New York to an anonymous collector; 2015, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: February 25, 2015)

NOTE: This was lent anonymously to Asian Art: A Collector’s Selection (Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, October 17- November 25, 1973; and Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, December 16 – January 13, 1974), no.3.

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