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Sparrows and Millet

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brown circular painting on beige background, featuring two small birds and millet stalks. The circular painting has two dark-colored birds with lighter-colored chests and faces. One bird perches on a curved stem on the lower left. The other bird is on the right, upside down, eating from a millet stalk. There are several curved stems with leaves and three millet stalks. The millet stalks have a red seal on the left edge and some illegible writing on the right edge.

Artwork details

Medium:
Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 583 px
Museum record:
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