Geese and Reeds left of a pair, 16th century, Unknown Japanese, 32 7/8 × 13 1/2 in. ( × cm) (image)65 3/8 × 19 3/8 in. ( × cm) (mount, without roller), Ink on paper, Japan, 16th century, This pair of hanging scrolls juxtaposes birds associated with spring and autumn: at right a bulbul on a plum tree in full bloom (spring) and at left a family of wild geese on a beach near drying reeds (autumn). The bulbul and one of the geese appear to call out to one another, an indication that these hanging scrolls once flanked a central devotional image of a Buddhist deity or patriarch

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