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Cormorants on Rock

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting is a circular artwork. Two dark-brown cormorants are perched on a rocky outcropping. The cormorants are depicted with their wings spread and heads facing forward. The rock they are sitting on is jagged and brown. A tree branch hangs down from the top center. The background of the painting is a light-brown color with a subtle texture. A beige border surrounds the circular painting with a white filigree pattern. At the bottom of the image, a color palette bar is visible.

Artwork Details

Medium
Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk
Culture
China
Dimensions
562 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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Palette