White and Red Peonies Left side Hanging Scroll of Triptych Kiyohara Yukinobu Colors on silk

White and Red Peonies Left side Hanging Scroll of Triptych

Kiyohara Yukinobu

17th century, Edo period (1603-1868)

  • Titles White and Red Peonies Left side Hanging Scroll of Triptych (Descriptive)@Hanging Scroll Triptych with the Queen Mother of the West (西王母図) Flanked by White and Red Chrysanthemums and Peonies (Descriptive)
  • Artist Kiyohara Yukinobu, Japanese, 1643 - 1682
  • Medium colors on silk
  • Credit Line Gift of Jacqueline Allison Osborne in honor of John and Marion Allison, 2022.12.3
  • Object Name hanging scroll
  • Classification Paintings

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