Object details
Accession number
S15s1
Primary Creator
Japanese
Full title
Roof Tile: Dove
Creation Date
19th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Garder at an auction by the Asian antiquities dealers Yamanaka & Co., Boston on 6 November 1902, lot 389.
Dimensions
29 cm (11 7/16 in.)
Display Media
Painted wood
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
Early Italian Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 89.
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 30 fig. 26, 49 n. 30.
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