painting;
hanging scroll
- Museum number
- 1913,0501,0.80
- Description
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Painting, hanging scroll. The deity Benten standing on a lotus pedestal. Ink, colour and gold on silk. With paulownia storage box.
- Production date
- 14thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 164 centimetres (mount)
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Height: 85 centimetres
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Width: 61 centimetres (mount)
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Width: 39 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- With authentification certificate by Kohitsu Ryonin, dated March 1903.
「弁財天画像／絹地竪物重彩／海田相保筆／可有之鑑定畢／明治三十六年三月／古筆了任（花押）」
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1913
- Acquisition notes
- The collection of Japanese and Chinese paintings belonging to Arthur Morrison was purchased by Sir William Gwynne-Evans, who presented it to the British Museum in 1913.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1913,0501,0.80
- Additional IDs
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Asia painting number: Jap.Ptg.31 (Japanese Painting Number)
