Object details
Accession number
P29w6
Primary Creator
Chinese
Full title
Peonies and Ducks
Creation Date
about 1500
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Dimensions
218.5 x 70.5 cm (86 x 27 3/4 in.)
Display Media
Ink and color pigment on silk; mounted as a hanging scroll
Web Commentary
This painting depicts a pair of Mallard ducks swimming below peony blossoms. This painting is likely by a Chinese painter, but it is mounted as a hanging scroll in the Japanese style. Isabella Stewart Gardner collected East Asian paintings, including hanging scrolls and folding screens, and several of these works are displayed near the museum stairways and elevator.
Permanent Gallery Location
Third Floor Passage
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 261. (as Chinese, 15th-16th century)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 29-30, no. 9. (as Chinese, Ming dynasty, about 1500; reminiscent of works attributed to Lü Chi)
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