The Poet Li Bai
primary
Unknown
artist
Sadakata
(Japanese, active 19th century)
Dateearly 19th century
Place MadeBizen, Okayama, Japan, East Asia
MediumGlazed ceramic (Bizen ware)
Dimensions28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.) height
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS15w4
eMuseum ID725145
EmbARK ObjectID11665
TMS Source ID854
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 7. (as "Old Imbee Figure, Ri Haku, a great Chinese poet"; mark by Fukutsudo, seal by Sada Kata)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 104.
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 38, 417, 418 n. 12.
Diana Seave Greenwald. "Creating Rapture: Assemblage & Museum Making" in Diana Seave Greenwald (ed.). Betye Saar: Heart of a Wonderer. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2023), p. 19, fig. 1.
Diana Seave Greenwald, "Betye Saar & The Gardner Museum: A Long Standing Relationship," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 7 February 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/betye-saar-gardner-museum-long-standing-relationship
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 104.
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 38, 417, 418 n. 12.
Diana Seave Greenwald. "Creating Rapture: Assemblage & Museum Making" in Diana Seave Greenwald (ed.). Betye Saar: Heart of a Wonderer. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2023), p. 19, fig. 1.
Diana Seave Greenwald, "Betye Saar & The Gardner Museum: A Long Standing Relationship," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 7 February 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/betye-saar-gardner-museum-long-standing-relationship
MarksNotesSigned (inside): ふ衆堂 [Fushudo]
Stamped: 貞古 [Sadakata]
Stamped: 貞古 [Sadakata]
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Japanese art dealer Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston for $24 on 27 March 1901, lot 224.
