Object details
Object number
P29w2
Creator(s)
Japanese
Title
Pheasants and Small Birds
Date
late 1600s - 1700s
Medium
Ink, mineral pigment, and gold leaf on paper; six-fold screen
Dimensions
165.1 x 336.6 cm (65 x 132 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Matsuki sale at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (with several other art objects) for a total of $2,591.50 on 20 February 1902, lot 355.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Bibliography
Bunkio Matsuki. Catalogue of Remarkable Antique Carvings, Embroidered Silks and Bronzes... (Boston, February 1902), lot 355. (unattributed)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 13. (entitled "Palace Screen: Forbidden Garden"; as by San Raku)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 260. (as Japanese, 18th century)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 68-69, no. 28. (as Japanese, Kano school, late 17th-18th century; a later Kano school artist in the style of Kano Sanraku, 1559-1635)
Gallery
Third Floor Passage
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