Object details
Accession number
P29w2
Primary Creator
Japanese
Full title
Pheasants and Small Birds
Creation Date
late 17th century-18th century
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.
Dimensions
165.1 x 336.6 cm (65 x 132 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Ink, mineral pigment, 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
Third Floor Passage
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)
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