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Peafowl and Peony


牡丹孔雀図
Ueda Kôchô (Japanese, 1788 – 1850)
Japanese
late Edo period
early 19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk
Dimensions Image: 91.7 x 145.6 cm (36 1/8 x 57 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.8454
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 480
Signed 公長
Marks 公長之印 (白文方印)
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.