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Figure on Waves

CultureChinese
Date19th century
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 12 9/16 × 9 1/2 inches (31.91 × 24.13 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Laurence Sickman
Object numberF88-43/52
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionRobed figure with flowing hair holding long-handled scoop, on round support in waves inscription in red.
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Great Waves Below the Rising Moon
Unknown
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81-27/32
Stilling the Winds and Waves
late 19th-early 20th century
2023.8.2.38
image overall
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1832
32-143/180
Fans Floating in Waves
Momoyama period (1573-1615)
69-20
Fans Floating in Waves
Momoyama period (1573-1615)
70-8
image overall
Totoya Hokkei
early 19th century
2024.30.1
Untitled (raging sea, crashing waves)
William B. Post
ca. 1894-1905
2007.46.23
overall
late 18th-early 19th century
32-58/14
Catfish Jumping Over Waves
Edo period (1615-1868)
F58-26/9
Bowl with Dragons and Waves
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
F63-10/6