Hibiscus and Ducks
painter
Unknown
Dateabout 1500
Place MadeChina, East Asia
MediumInk and color pigment on silk; mounted as a hanging scroll
Dimensions218.5 x 70.5 cm (86 x 27 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP29w6
eMuseum ID719097
EmbARK ObjectID11863
TMS Source ID1022
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThis painting depicts a pair of Mallard ducks swimming below hibiscus (also known as "cotton rose") blossoms. This painting is likely by a Chinese painter, but it is mounted as a hanging scroll in the Japanese style. Isabella Stewart Gardner collected East Asian paintings, including hanging scrolls and folding screens, and several of these works are displayed near the museum stairways and elevator.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 261. (as Chinese, 15th-16th century)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 29-30, no. 9. (as Chinese, Ming dynasty, about 1500; reminiscent of works attributed to Lü Chi)
Gabrielle Niu and Holly Salmon, "Making Reproductions of Two Hanging Scroll Paintings at the Gardner Museum," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 10 January 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/making-reproductions-two-hanging-scroll-paintings-gardner-museum
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 29-30, no. 9. (as Chinese, Ming dynasty, about 1500; reminiscent of works attributed to Lü Chi)
Gabrielle Niu and Holly Salmon, "Making Reproductions of Two Hanging Scroll Paintings at the Gardner Museum," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 10 January 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/making-reproductions-two-hanging-scroll-paintings-gardner-museum
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
