Ornament (Okimono): Dove on Roof Tile
sculptor
Unknown
Date1850-1899
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumPainted wood
Dimensions29 cm (11 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS15s1
eMuseum ID726777
EmbARK ObjectID11723
TMS Source ID906
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert 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.
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.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Garder at an auction by the Asian antiquities dealers Yamanaka & Co., Boston on 6 November 1902, lot 389.
