MAG Collection - Design for Tea Labels: Cat Preparing Tofu

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Design for Tea Labels: Cat Preparing Tofu

8 1/8 x 7 3/8 in. (20.7 x 18.8 cm)

Unknown, Japanese
Japanese

Object Type: Painting

Medium and Support: Watercolor and pen and black ink on thin Japan tissue

Credit Line: General Acquisitions Fund

Accession Number: 1974.50.29

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Location: Not currently on view

Two panels painted on one sheet of paper, mounted on another page; pages bound into a small folio to make an album

Provenance

Harry S. Shemming, Rochester, NY; purchased from him by the Gallery in 1974

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Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG's Collection 3/17/2013 - 6/9/2013

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It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG’s Collection

Japanese Art

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It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue Entry for this artwork in the It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue. The exhibition ran from March 17-June 9, 2013. Stop numbers are out of date, but you can hear the recording by clicking Listen to Audiotours from the main page for this object.