Peonies Candle Porcelain Ormolu This volume not only retells

This volume not only retells these ancient stories but also considers their place within the patterns of Japanese religions

illustrated by Maurice Sendak

9 x 9 inches

including round

Peonies Candle Porcelain Ormolu This volume not only retellsWhile violets were Isabella Stewart Gardner's favorite flowers, peonies must have been a close runner up. Her enthusiasm for peonies informed the artists she patronized. Wilton Lockwood cultivated peonies on Cape Cod, and his paintings of the flowers became his most popular subject. Isabella purchased this painting in 1914 at a Boston art gallery, and it was later exhibited at the Worcester Art Museum, along with 27 other Lockwood paintings (12