eight panels of colorful birds perched on branches or rocks, or flying; vivid blue and green rocks in background; brilliantly blossoming peonies, lilies, and other flowers throughout

Birds and Flowers, first half 19th century

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An incredible variety of birds—ducks, pheasants, parrots, and others—pose and cavort among an equally diverse array of flowers, including lilies, peonies, chrysanthemums, and white and pink plum blossoms. Specific combinations of birds and flowers are almost always symbolic and auspicious. The ducks paired with camellias in the fourth panel from the right, for example, are emblematic of an enduring marriage.

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Title
Birds and Flowers
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.79.455
Catalogue Raisonne
Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 861
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eight panels of colorful birds perched on branches or rocks, or flying; vivid blue and green rocks in background; brilliantly blossoming peonies, lilies, and other flowers throughout