hanging scroll;
painting
- Museum number
- 1881,1210,0.35-36
- Description
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Pair of hanging scrolls. Various flowers. Painted in colours on silk.
- Production date
- 16thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 96.50 centimetres (image)
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Height: 200.50 centimetres (scroll)
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Width: 46 centimetres (image)
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Width: 61.10 centimetres (scroll)
- Curator's comments
- '35 and 36. Forst rate examples.'
'Chian Pai-ch'uan.' (unattributed annotation 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
- 1881,1210,0.35-36
- Additional IDs
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Asia painting number: Ch.Ptg.19 (Chinese Painting Number)
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Asia painting number: Ch.Ptg.20 (Chinese Painting Number)