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| Maker(s): | Unknown; Kano School (attributed to) | | Culture: | Japanese (Kano School 15th - 19th century)
| | Title: | Scroll: Chinese Immortal Riding on a Fish
| | Date Made: | 20th century
| | Type: | Painting
| | Materials: | color and ink brush on paper mounted on silk brocade
| | Place Made: | Japan
| | Measurements: | image: 43 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.; 111.125 x 45.085 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | tag attached to scroll: recto; 55:21-9: verso; japanese painting
| | Accession Number: | SC 1955.21.9
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. Keith Kane (Amanda Stewart Bryan, class of 1927)
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
male immortal, bearded with mustache and hair tied back, in profile, wearing long robe and riding fish while holding open book in right hand, rising out of ocean and surrounded by waves, small landscape in upper right hand corner; beige silk inner border has gold thread design, middle border is tan with a gold thread design of birds, same material used for two vertical strips hanging from top of scroll, outer border is light blue silk with navy blue design; mythology; fish
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