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庚午夏日法北宋人筆意 苕南沈楷
On a summer day in the Gengwu year, imitating the Northern Song painterly idea, Shaonan Shen Kai
Dimensions
77 × 96 cm (30 1/4 × 37 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Avery Brundage Fund
Reference Number
2011.283
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Inscriptions on the painting’s wood box, one painted on the lid, the other written on a front sticker, name two Japanese collectors:
Lid: “Painted by Shen Kai, ‘Pair of Geese Beneath Willows.’ I obtained this in Tianjin, China, during the year 1910 of the Meiji era. Ryuho Sanjin [Mountain Man of Dragon Peak].”
Front: “Pair of Geese beneath Willows,” with the collector given as Obata Jun’ichi.
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