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Bellflowers in Basket

Ogata Kenzan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A painting of a basket of flowers on a beige background with brown edges, the basket mostly out of frame on the bottom right. The basket is made of brown wicker, and it contains blue and white flowers and green leaves. The blue flowers are at the top, and the white flowers are lower down. There are several lines of black Japanese text on the left and bottom center, and a small red square with Japanese text on the bottom center. The beige background is discolored and worn in places.

Artwork details

Date:
18th century
Medium:
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 457 px
Museum record:
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