岸駒筆 梅花小禽図|Birds on a PlumTree
The Met
Artist: Kishi Ganku(Japanese, 1749–1838)
Date: late 1770s–early 1780s
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 41 15/16 × 13 1/2 in. (106.5 × 34.3 cm) Overall with mounting: 75 5/16 × 20 11/16 in. (191.3 × 52.5 cm)
Credit Line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2019
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Two long-tailed birds on a flowering branch with white and red flowers against a golden ground
Detailed Description
A vertical painting shows two birds perched on a flowering branch against a plain, light golden-brown background. A thick, gnarled dark brown branch extends diagonally from the lower left to the upper right, with smaller twigs branching off. Numerous small, white, five-petaled blossoms with yellow centers are scattered along the upper and lower sections of the branch. Clusters of large, red, multi-petaled flowers with dark green leaves are visible in the middle-left. The upper bird, positioned in the middle-left, faces right with its head turned upward. It has a long, slender, blue-grey tail, a reddish-brown back, a white belly, a distinct white stripe above its eye, and a red beak. Its legs are reddish. Below and slightly to the left of the upper bird, a second, smaller bird perches on a lower part of the branch, facing upward. This bird is predominantly brown with a lighter underside and a small, pointed crest. Vertical black text and two red square seals appear on the left side of the background, above and to the left of the upper bird. The central painted area is framed by a narrow, dark brown patterned border, which is then surrounded by a wider, light tan border featuring a subtle floral pattern.
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