
The painting depicts two birds floating on water. One bird has a pink breast, blue and black tail feathers, black eye and beak and white and black wing feathers while the other has similar coloring with more brown on the breast. They are surrounded by green reeds and white and blue flowers on the right. The painting has a brown border that contains small white designs and two green stripes. The overall background color of the painting is beige.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 17th–18th century
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 600 × 450 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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