Peafowl and Peonies (obverse); The Three Friends of Winter (reverse)
Sonsai
(Japanese, dates unknown)
1838 (Tenpô 9)
Medium/TechniqueSix-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold on gold-leafed paper
DimensionsImage: 112.2 x 257.6 cm (44 3/16 x 101 7/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.8059
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
late 19th century
late 19th century
Jôkyô (1684 -88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
Jôkyô (1684 - 88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
first half of the 17th century
late Kan'ei (1624–44) era
late Kan'ei (1624–44) era
17th–18th centuries
17th–18th century
early-17th century
Genna (1615–24) - Kan'ei (1624–44) eras
17th century