Untitled
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 x 10 3/4 in. (35.6 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
AI GeneratedVisual Summary
Brief Description
A dark gray bird with white wing markings flying across a light gray, hazy background
Detailed Description
A single bird in flight is positioned in the center of the vertical composition. The bird is dark gray with prominent white markings on its wings. Its body is angled, with its head pointing towards the upper right. Its wings are spread wide, revealing the underside of the feathers, which are a lighter gray with distinct white bands along the leading edge and tips of the primary and secondary feathers. The bird's beak is yellow-orange, and a small white patch surrounds its eye. Its legs and feet are tucked beneath its body. The background is a soft, light gray, with subtle variations in tone creating a hazy or cloudy appearance. Towards the bottom left, faint, lighter gray brushstrokes appear to be distant land or clouds. Small white specks are scattered across the lower half of the background, resembling falling snow or mist. In the lower left corner, a few lines of dark, vertical text are visible above a red rectangular seal.
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