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Camellia Flowers, a Netsuke and a Seal

Kubo Shunman

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A still life painting depicting a white camellia and a red camellia on a branch with green leaves. The flowers are large and show many rounded petals. A small white statue of a horse sits on a rectangular pedestal, and a gray netsuke and a white cord lie on the ground to the left. A red seal stamp is in the bottom left corner. There is a red seal stamp in the top left corner and black Japanese script in the top right corner on a beige background.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
557 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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