
Cleveland Museum of Art
Mandarin Duck
Sesson Shūkei
- Date
- 1500s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Culture
- Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
In this painting, the artist depicted a scene of a solitary duck floating by reeds in a subtle arrangement of dry and wet, light and dark ink tones which conveys the tranquility of the moment.
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