桜に小禽図|Birds on a Flowering Branch
The Met
Artist: Watanabe Seitei(Japanese, 1851–1918)
Date: ca. 1887
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Album leaf; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (36.2 x 27.3 cm)
Credit Line: Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Small bird on a dark branch with white blossoms and dark leaves against a light background
Detailed Description
A vertical painting depicts a small bird perched on a flowering branch against a plain, light beige background. The main branch originates from the upper left corner, extending diagonally downwards and to the right, with several smaller offshoots. The branch is rendered in dark, almost black, ink with varying brushstrokes creating texture. A small bird, positioned slightly right of the vertical center, faces left with its head turned slightly upwards. It has a dark brown back and wings, a lighter, grayish-white belly, and a prominent white stripe above its eye. Its beak is slender and dark. Clusters of white blossoms with delicate petals and dark, almost black, leaves are distributed along the branch, particularly dense around the bird. Several individual white petals appear to be falling from the branch, scattered across the light background. In the lower right quadrant, a vertical inscription in black ink is visible, followed by a square red seal.
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