Birds and Chrysanthemums in Snow, first half 16th century, Geiai, Japanese, act. first half 16th cent., 19 1/4 × 12 3/4 in. ( × cm) (image)53 1/2 × 17 1/4 in. ( × cm) (without roller), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 16th century, A pair of small birds have alighted on the branch of an old tree at the water’s edge. A dusting of snow—delicately painted using gofun, a white pigment made of ground oyster shells—has fallen on the tree and a clump of blooming chrysanthemums below. This painting was almost certainly once part of a larger set depicting birds and flowers

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Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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