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Peony and Swallow

Tsubaki Chinzan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a vertical, narrow artwork featuring a bird and a flower. The background of the painting is beige. The bird, mostly black with some white and orange, is flying towards a branch with sparse pink buds. The branch extends from a large pink peony flower with green leaves at the bottom of the painting. There are two borders around the painting: a wide dark brown border with a gold pattern and a narrower beige border. On the left side of the painting, there is vertical black text and a small red seal. A small red seal is also located at the bottom of the painting.

Artwork Details

Date
1854
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
222 × 623 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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