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Japanese funeral customs: after the cremation: three women and a child pick bones from the ashes with chopsticks and place them in an urn. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
- Date
- 1880
- Reference
- 565939i
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Credit: Japanese funeral customs: after the cremation: three women and a child pick bones from the ashes with chopsticks and place them in an urn. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
Left, a Buddhist monk walks off; right, two men converse, watched by a child
Publication/Creation
1880
Physical description
1 painting : ink, watercolour and gouache ; image and border 13.6 x 21.3 cm
Notes
On the same backing sheet as record number 565937i in this catalogue
Lettering note
Bears number on backing paper: [ju-san (13)]
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 565939i
Languages
- Japanese
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores