Peafowls and Flowers
Mashiyama Sessai
(Japanese,1754 – 1819)
1801 (Kyôwa 1)
Medium/TechniqueOne from a pair of hanging scrolls; ink, color, and gold on silk
DimensionsOverall (including jiku and hanging braid): 243.8 × 86.4 cm (96 × 34 in.)
Image: 146.7 × 59 cm (57 3/4 × 23 1/4 in.)
Image: 146.7 × 59 cm (57 3/4 × 23 1/4 in.)
Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession number11.4669
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ProvenanceBefore 1886, acquired in Japan by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (b. 1853 - d. 1908), Salem, MA; 1886, sold with the Fenollosa collection to Charles Goddard Weld (b. 1857 - d. 1911), Brookline, MA; 1911, bequest of Charles Goddard Weld to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 7, 1911)
15th century
15th century
One of Pair/One of Pair