Birds in a Tree

Cleveland Museum of Art

Birds in a Tree

Date
c. 1700–1868
Medium
hanging scroll; silk gauze brocaded with gold and silk
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
154203

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This scene of two Chinese pheasants with a flowering plum tree (a sign of the arrival of spring in Japan) is not painted. All the lines and surfaces are created by colored threads carefully stitched together into the silk. Consequently, the surface appears quite different from paintings on paper.

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Credit line
Gift of Donald J. Wineman in memory of his wife, Susan
Provenance
?-1988: Donald J. Wineman, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1988-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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