hanging scroll;
painting
- Museum number
- 1881,1210,0.2351
- Description
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Painting, hanging scroll. A roadside robbery in winter, interrupted by the passage of travellers in the background. Ink and colour on silk. Sealed.
- Production date
- 1800-1880
- Dimensions
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Height: 106 centimetres (mount)
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Height: 33 centimetres
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Width: 96 centimetres (mount)
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Width: 80.80 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- 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
- 1881,1210,0.2351
- Additional IDs
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Asia painting number: Jap.Ptg.2762 (Japanese Painting Number)
