PaintingsJapanese18th century

Fish and Turtles

c. 1772 - 1781

Artists

Maruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙Artist

Classification

Paintings

Medium

Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

painting proper, each panel: H. 59.2 × W. 89.6 cm (23 5/16 × 35 1/4 in.) with mount, each panel: H. 64.2 × W. 94.4 × D. 1.5 cm (25 1/4 × 37 3/16 × 9/16 in.)

Provenance

[Yanagi Hiroshi, Kyoto, (1989)], sold; to Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg, Bethesda, MD (1989-2018), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

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