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Artist: Tani Bunchō, Japanese, 1763–1840

Three Butterflies among a Clump of Dandelions

early 1810s

Surimono, shikishi-ban; polychrome woodblock print

sheet: 8 1/16 × 7 1/16 in. (20.5 × 18 cm)
Promised gift of Virginia Shawan Drosten and Patrick Kenadjian, B.A. 1970
ILE2017.30.37
Geography: 
Japan
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Japanese
Period: 
Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Prints
Provenance: 

Collection of Virginia Shawan Drosten and Patrick Kenadjian.
Stocler Collection until 6/8/2004

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