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Nine dragons
九龍圖卷 (陳容)
Chinese, Southern Song dynasty, dated 1244
Chen Rong, Chinese, first half of the 13th century
Overall: 46.8 x 1495.6 cm (18 7/16 x 588 13/16 in.)
Image: 46.2 x 1096.4 cm (18 3/16 x 431 5/8 in.)
Ink and color on paper
Classification: Paintings
Type, sub-type: Handscroll
Catalogue: T. WU, Tales from the Land of Dragons, 1997, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, pp. 197-201Object is currently not on view Museum of Fine Arts, BostonFrancis Gardner Curtis Fund, 1917
Accession number: 17.1697Provenance/Ownership History: Geng Zhaozong (b. 1640 - d. 1686), Shandong, China; Emperor Qianlong (b. 1711 - d. 1799), Qing Dynasty; Emperor Jiaqing (b. 1796 - d. 1820), Qing Dynasty; Manchu Prince Gong (b. 1833 - d. 1898); 1917, Yamanaka and Company, New York; sold by Yamanaka and Company to the MFA for $25,000. (Accession date: June 14, 1917)This object is included in the following Selected Tour(s):
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
   
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<br>Image: 46.2 x 1096.4 cm (18 3/16 x 431 5/8 in.)<br />T. WU, Tales from the Land of Dragons, 1997, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, pp. 197-201<br />Museum of Fine Arts, Boston<br /><br />Francis Gardner Curtis Fund<br />17.1697<br />'),'/zoom.asp?file=SC199208.jpg&width=600&height=420&captiontitle='+escape('Nine dragons')+'&title='+escape('Nine dragons')) "Click for larger image")
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<br>Image: 46.2 x 1096.4 cm (18 3/16 x 431 5/8 in.)<br />T. WU, Tales from the Land of Dragons, 1997, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, pp. 197-201<br />Museum of Fine Arts, Boston<br /><br />Francis Gardner Curtis Fund<br />17.1697<br />'),'/zoom.asp?file=SC199212.jpg&width=600&height=420&captiontitle='+escape('Nine dragons')+'&title='+escape('Nine dragons')) "Click for larger image")
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