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Nakahara Nantenbō
Eel Emerging from a Creelcirca 1923

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Hanging scroll with ink painting of a sinuous eel emerging from a woven basket, with vertical cursive calligraphy and red seals on cream paper
Artist or Maker
Nakahara Nantenbō
Japan, 1839-1925
Title
Eel Emerging from a Creel
Date Made
circa 1923
Period
Taishō period (1912-1926)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions
Image: 45 x 13 3/4 in. (114.3 x 34.93 cm); Mount: 67 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. (171.45 x 46.36 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Robert and Helen Kuhn Family Trust
Accession Number
M.2012.106.27
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art