Object details
Accession number
P14e3.1
Primary Creator
Japanese
Full title
Grapevines
Creation Date
17th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (with a companion screen, museum no. P14e3.2) 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 353.
Dimensions
Six fold screen: 160 x 304.8 cm (63 x 120 in.)
Display Media
Ink and gold leaf on paper
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
Second Floor Stairhall and Stairway
Bibliography
Bunkio Matsuki. Catalogue of Remarkable Antique Carvings, Embroidered Silks and Bronzes... (Boston, February 1902), lot 353, ill. (as by Koyetsu, 1520)Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 5. (as by Koyetsu, 1660-1700)Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 86. (as Japanese, late 18th century)Yasuko Horioka. “Japanese Screens-II.” Fenway Court (Apr. 1969), pp. 49-51, fig. 1. (as Japanese, end of the Momoyama period)Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 65-67, no. 27. (as Japanese, Kano school, 17th century; Momoyama style)
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