Bird in Snow
Artist
Nakabayashi Chikuto(Japanese, 1776–1853)Japanese, 1776–1853
CultureJapanese
Titles
- Bird in Snow
Date1841, Winter
Made inJapan
MediumHanging scroll; ink on silk
DimensionsImage: 53 × 11 1/8 in. (134.6 × 28.3 cm)
Mount: 75 × 15 1/4 in. (190.5 × 38.7 cm)
Overall (with rollers): 76 × 17 1/4 × 1 in. (193 × 43.8 × 2.5 cm)
Mount: 75 × 15 1/4 in. (190.5 × 38.7 cm)
Overall (with rollers): 76 × 17 1/4 × 1 in. (193 × 43.8 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Stephen Hamilton in honor of Ken and Jan Estes
Object number2010.41.A,.B
Not on view
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Department
Asian ArtObject Type
Published References Roberts, p. 13 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: dated, inscribed, and signed in ink, upper left edge: [1841 Winter, painted in Ôhara an-in / Chikuto san jin]
Wooden box: inscribed in ink: [Nakabayashi chikuto hitsu (picture of a bird and an old tree in winter)]
Wooden box: inscribed in ink: [Nakabayashi chikuto hitsu (picture of a bird and an old tree in winter)]
Recto: signed and dated in ink, upper left edge: [winter of 1841] and [artist signature, Chikuto sanjin]
Recto: stamped in red paste, upper left edge: [seal of Seisho]
Recto: stamped in red paste, upper left edge: [a self(made) seal by Chikuto]
Recto: stamped in red paste, upper left edge: [a self(made) seal by Chikuto]
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