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Wenji and her family


文姬圖 斗方 (舊傳 顧德謙)
Formerly attributed to: Gu Deqian (Chinese, active second half of 10th century)
Chinese
Southern Song dynasty
late 12th–early 13th century

Medium/Technique Ink and color on silk
Dimensions 24.4 x 22.2 cm (9 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number12.898
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

ProvenanceJuan Yuan (b. 1764 - d. 1849). By about 1900, Wanyan Jingxian (d. by 1928), Beijing [see note 1];1912, sold by Wanyan Jingxian to Okakura Kakuzo (b. 1862 - d. 1913) for the MFA. (Accession Date: September 5, 1912)

NOTES:
[1] According to a statement in his own painting catalogue, Wanyan Jingxian lost this object (part of an album, MFA accession nos. 12.889 - 12.901) during the Boxer Rebellion, but recovered it shortly thereafter.