牡丹に唐獅子図絵馬　「奉掛絵馬慶 安二年三月廿五日」|Ema (Votive Painting) of Chinese Lion and Peony Tree

Unknown

1649 · Ink and color on wood · Asian Art

This ema was donated by eight people, whose names run along the bottom of the tablet. On either side of the lion is inscribed: This ema is respectfully presented on the twenty-fifth day of the third month of the year 1649. Across the top, as if winding through the peony branch, is the phrase, “may our desires be granted.”

Artist

Unknown

Date

1649

Medium

Ink and color on wood

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975