Scene from The Tale of Genji

CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Scene from The Tale of Genji
Datec. 1800
MediumOne of a pair of six-panel screens; ink, pigment, gold powder, and gold leaf on paper
DimensionsOpen: 65 5/8 × 150 3/4 × 3/4 in. (166.7 × 382.9 × 1.9 cm)
Closed: 65 5/8 × 25 1/8 × 4 1/2 in. (166.7 × 63.8 × 11.4 cm)
Panel (Each): 65 5/8 × 25 1/8 × 3/4 in. (166.7 × 63.8 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Gitter-Yelen Collection, museum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment
Object number2021.216.2
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceSold at Christie's, September 14, 2011, Sale 2462, lot 711

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