hanging scroll;
painting
- Museum number
- 1881,1210,0.2279
- Description
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Painting, hanging scroll. Monkey and infant in pine tree. Ink and colour on silk. Signed and sealed.
- Production date
- 1800-1880
- Dimensions
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Height: 117.50 centimetres
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Width: 52 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- '2279. Doubtful. Possibly done in the old age of the artist or perhaps more probably the work of a good pupil, with added signature.' (unattributed annotations in the specially interleaved Japanese Study Room copy of Anderson 1886)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1881
- Acquisition notes
- The collection of over 2,000 Japanese and Chinese paintings assembled by Prof. William Anderson during his residency in Japan, 1873-1880, was acquired by the Museum in 1881. The items were not listed in the register, but rather were published separately as the 'Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of a Collection of Japanese and Chinese Paintings in the British Museum' (Longmans & Co, 1886).
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1881,1210,0.2279
- Additional IDs
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Asia painting number: Jap.Ptg.3572 (Japanese Painting Number)