About the Artwork
Lion
18th century
Shohaku
1730-1781
Japanese
Unknown
Ink and paper on silk
Overall (add 1" for drop): 78 1/4 × 26 1/2 inches (198.8 × 67.3 cm) Image: 45 × 19 3/8 inches (114.3 × 49.2 cm)
Paintings
Asian Art
Founders Society Purchase, Director's Discretionary Fund
74.47
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, upper right: [three vertical lines of inscription]
Marked, right center: [red seal below inscriptions]
Provenance
(Harry C. Nail)
1974-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 53, no. 2 (1974): p. 63 (ill.).
University Liggett Antiques Show. Exh. cat., University Liggett School. Grosse Pointe Woods, June 13-16, 1979, p. 113.
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Shohaku, Lion, 18th century, ink and paper on silk. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Director's Discretionary Fund, 74.47.
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