Scroll painting

Southeast Asian Collection

Accession Nr.: 59.91.1
Type: painting; hanging scroll
Date of production:
1950s
Place of production:
Materials/Techniques: paper, ink, coloures, mounted on paper
Dimensions: height: 146 cm
width: 45. 5 cm
Colourful scroll from the four precious fruits series. In the lower part of the image, a vulture holds a bluebird in its talons, while its victim's mate flies overhead, watching them frantically. Below them is a rose bush, and above a tree laden with red fruits (presumably lychee (Litchi chinensis)).