PaintingsJapanese18th-19th century

Seven Chinese Immortals

late 18th-early 19th century

Artists

Goshun 呉春 (Matsumura Gekkei 松村月渓)Artist

Classification

Paintings

Medium

Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, gold, and sprinkled gold on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th-19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

painting proper, each panel: 153 × 63.5 cm (60 1/4 × 25 in.) overall width when spread flat: 381 cm (150 in.)

Provenance

[Harry Packard, Kyoto, Japan, (by 1987)], sold; to Robert and Betsy Feinberg, Bethesda, MD (1987-2017), gift; to Harvard Art Museums.

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