| Accession Nr.: | 3085 |
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| Type: | painting; hanging scroll |
| Artist/Maker: | |
| Date of production: |
1810
Edo (Tokugawa) period |
| Place of production: | |
| Acquisition: | collected by Péter Vay |
| Signed: | the name of the painter (Kantei) |
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| Marks: | two red stamps, date |
| Materials/Techniques: | ink and colours on silk |
| Dimensions: | height: 165 cm width: 44.5 cm mirror: 96.5 × 34.3 cm |
Stretching upwards on the left-hand side of the painting is a nanten tree, well known in Japan for its bright red berries and believed by the Japanese to bring good fortune. A sparrow sits on a branch of briar rose that extends towards the right, while its mate flies downwards towards it.
