四季花鳥図屏風|Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons
The Met
Artist: Unknown
Date: late 16th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions: Image: 63 1/4 in. × 11 ft. 10 in. (160.7 × 360.7 cm) Overall: 69 3/8 in. × 12 ft. 4 1/2 in. (176.2 × 377.2 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Mrs. Jackson Burke and Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation Gifts, 1987
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Cranes, pine trees, bamboo, and a winding river on a gold background across multiple panels
Detailed Description
This multi-panel artwork features a landscape against a shimmering gold background. The composition is divided into several sections by the panels, but the scene flows continuously across them. On the far left, tall, slender bamboo stalks with green leaves rise from rocky ground. Behind them, a dark blue river winds horizontally across the middle ground, with lighter blue hills visible in the distance. Small, dark birds fly above the bamboo stalks. Moving towards the center, a large, white-bodied crane with a black neck and head stands prominently on one leg, its other leg lifted. It is positioned beneath a large, gnarled pine tree with dark green needles and a brown trunk. Pink blossoms are scattered among its branches. To the right of the large crane, two smaller cranes stand on the ground. They have lighter gray bodies, black wing tips, and long legs. One crane has its head raised, while the other's head is slightly lowered. They are also situated near the base of a large pine tree with dark green foliage and a brown trunk, similar in appearance to the one on the left. Throughout the foreground and midground, various green plants, grasses, and flowering plants with red, pink, and white blossoms are depicted. The ground is rendered with undulating green and blue-gray forms that suggest hills and rocky outcrops. Several small, dark birds fly in the gold sky or perch on branches.
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