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Benzaiten, the Goddess of Music and Good Fortune

14th century

Medium/TechniquePanel; ink, color, and gold on silk

Dimensions84.3 x 37.2 cm (33 3/16 x 14 5/8 in.) (height x width)

Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection

Accession number11.4049

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ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Asia

ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum.

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