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Birds in a Tree

c. 1700–1868
(1615-1868)
hanging scroll; silk gauze brocaded with gold and silk
Overall: 169.5 x 47 cm (66 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.)
Gift of Donald J. Wineman in memory of his wife, Susan 1988.246
Location: not on view
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Description

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.
Birds in a Tree

Birds in a Tree

c. 1700–1868

Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)

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