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Bowl with Sparklers
(Japan and Korea )
Bunrin traced his artistic ancestry back to Maruyama Okyo (1733-95), famous for his efforts to create a Japanese counterpart to European realism. Bunrin also worked in the manner of Chinese literati painters. In this hanging scroll (and in "Fireflies among Reeds" [35.77]), painted toward the end of his life, there is a delight in atmospheric qualities, perhaps stimulated by recent exposure to the contrasting lights and darks of European paintings and prints.
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Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 4/8/1991 | Treatment | mounted; other |
| 3/1/1998 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 7/2/2001 | Examination | examined for exhibition |
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 42 x W: 17 in. (106.7 x 43.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters (?)
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
35.79