Object details
Accession number
P20w1
Primary Creator
Japanese
Full title
Flowers and Birds
Creation Date
late 18th century - early 19th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Matsuki sale at Leonard & Co., Boston for $72 on 30 March 1901, lot 413.
Dimensions
167 x 419 cm (65 3/4 x 164 15/16 in.)
Display Media
Ink and color, and gold leaf on paper; six fold screen
Web 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Chinese Room
Bibliography
Leonard & Co. Exhibition and Sale by Auction of Wonderful Collection of Silk Screens and Fabrics and Ancient Wood Carvings from Buddhist Temples... (Boston, 27-30 March 1901), p. 47, lot 413. (as by Kano Motonobu, 1520)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 171-72. (as Japanese, Kano school, 17th century)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 70-71, no. 29. (as Japanese, Kano school, 18th century)
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