Pheasants and Small Birds
painter
Unknown
Datelate 17th century - 18th century
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumInk, mineral pigment, and gold leaf on paper; six-fold screen
Dimensions165.1 x 336.6 cm (65 x 132 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP29w2
eMuseum ID719767
EmbARK ObjectID11858
TMS Source ID1017
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella 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.
BibliographyNotesBunkio 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)
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)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased 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.
