Untitled
The Met
Artist: Shibata Zeshin(Japanese, 1807–1891)
Date: late 19th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Hanging scroll; color on silk
Dimensions: 44 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (113 x 50.2 cm)
Credit Line: Seymour Fund, 1957
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A gray kettle hangs over embers below a red-leafed tree, beside a large brown rock
Detailed Description
A natural scene features a prominent tree, a hanging kettle, and a large rock. A thick, dark brown tree trunk with a few small dark growths on its right side extends from the upper right, curving leftward across the top third of the image. Numerous clusters of bright red, star-shaped leaves densely cover the branches on the left side. From a branch near the center, a thin dark rope hangs down, suspending a light gray, rounded kettle with a small lid and a light brown, U-shaped handle. Below the kettle, a small cluster of red and orange embers glows, surrounded by a dark gray, smoky or shadowed area that extends upward behind the kettle. To the right of the kettle, another thin dark string hangs from the same branch, adorned with a vertical series of small, irregularly shaped, roundish objects in shades of brown and white. On the far right, a large, rounded, textured brown rock formation rises from the bottom edge, extending upward to about two-thirds of the image height. Patches of thin green grass or moss grow on the rock's surface. The background is a plain, light beige color. A small, faint red seal is visible on the lower right side of the rock.
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