Mynah Birds and Pigeons
Artist
Sesson Shūkei
(Japanese, 1504 - c.1589)
Dateca. 1555-1560
GeographyJapan
Mediumink on paper
DimensionsScroll (not including scroll ends): 73 1/4 × 18 7/16 in. (186 × 46.9 cm)
Painting: 39 × 13 7/8 in. (99 × 35.2 cm)
Painting: 39 × 13 7/8 in. (99 × 35.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchase, Marjorie Lewis Griffing Fund, 1985 (5326.1)
Object number5326.1
Description1. Two gray and white bellied pigeons roosting on the branch of an oak tree. This is the Yin aspect, as expressed by the rounder forms and the softer, wetter washes of the birds and leaves.2. Two aggressive squaking crested black and white breasted birds, alighting on a tree branch with pointed leaves and tufted pods. This is the Yang aspect, as expressed by the more vigorous, angular forms, the sharper textures and the more distinctive value contrasts created by intense black washes.
On View
Not on viewCollections
Anonymous
late 13th cetury - early 14th century
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