Peony and butterfly

Object Details

• Artist

  Taki Katei 瀧和亭 (1830-1901)

• Description

  Hanging scroll, paulownia inner box with lid, cardboard outer box end with flaps and toggle closure - worn.

• Signatures

  Signature: Katei Ken (和亭謙)

• Marks

  Right seal: Kin sho tanoshimu (樂琴書)

  Left upper seal: Ken (謙/兼)

  Left upper seal: Ken (謙/兼)

• Inscriptions

  Inscriptions:

  富貴国香図

  甲申一月中浣写

  和亭謙

  和亭謙

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Toshio and Yuka Fujikura in memory of Tome Fujikura

• Type

  Painting

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• Date

  1880s

• Name

  Taki, Katei

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Peony, Animals, Insects, Japanese Art, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Butterflies

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings