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Source Description
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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Document identity
localId
12214
label
Bowl with Sparklers
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
12214
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Bowl with Sparklers
description
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.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1808-1877 (Edi-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
kakemono
scroll paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
106.7
height
43.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 42 x W: 17 in. (106.7 x 43.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Inscription]
med
ink and gold on silk mounted on paper and brocade
creator_ids
7173
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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