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Artist, style of: Ogata Kōrin, Japanese, 1658–1716

White Heron Beneath Reeds

18th century

Hanging scroll, ink and color paper; cut from rollers at top and bottom

without mounting: 41 5/8 × 15 11/16 in. (105.8 × 39.9 cm)
without mounting: 51 9/16 × 20 11/16 in. (131 × 52.5 cm)
Gift of J. Watson Webb, B.A. 1907, and Electra Havemeyer Webb
1940.173
Geography: 
Japan
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Japanese
Period: 
Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: 
Paintings
Provenance: 

James Watson Webb II (1884–1960) and Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888–1960), New York; gift in 1940 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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