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Fragment of Cope
1820 – 1860
The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
1972/2.248B
Chinese ink painting on scroll with poem, ducks and flowers.
Wang Mengbai
Pair of Mandarin Ducks (Scroll)
1915 – 1925
Gift of Sharlynn and Andrew Circo, in memory of Sotokichi Katsuizumi
2011/2.188

Ren Xun (Jen Hsün)
Tea Blossoms, Pine Branches and Mynah Bird
1835 – 1857
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1986/2.12
A lark stands inside the curving vine of a morning glory growing on the grass. Both the bird and the flowers are naturalistically depicted, while the grass is indicated with subtle brushstrokes mostly grouped in the bottom left corner of the painting.  
Yūki Masaaki
Lark and Morning Glory
1867 – 1932
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1955/1.95

Iranian (Iranian)
Medicinal plants; Leaf from an Arabic translation of the "De Materia Medica," by Dioscorides
13th century
Museum Purchase
1957/2.1
The lower section of the fan has rocks and grasses with mushrooms and several daffodils in bloom. A bird white bird with black face and blue head sits on a thin branch that is coming down from the upper left section of the fan. 
Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian (culture or style))
Bird on a Bamboo Branch
1731 – 1771
Gift of Mr. Alfred L. Aydelott
1969/2.167
Horizontally long. Ink on paper. Mostly calligraphy with a foliage imagery at the beginning.
Shen Zhou
Pine and Hibiscus
1489
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1961/1.173
This painting inculdes the seal of the artist Ren Xun. A crane stands in the foreground, with it's head and beak turned toward the viewer, revealing a patch of orangish red on its face. A pine tree arches across the background above.
Ren Xun (Jen Hsün)
Crane, Pine and Bamboo
1860 – 1887
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1987/1.265
This six-fold screen, a half of a pair, is meant to represent six of the twelve months of the year, with keen attention paid to the birds and flowers associated with each. Although this screen bears Kano Tan’yu’s signature, it was probably created by his studio or by followers working in this famous artist’s style.
One of a pair of six-fold screens
19th century
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1965/1.178
These panels represent six of the twelve months. The panels each have calligraphy and a red seal in one corner. In each panel there is a bird and a type of plant, which are suggestive of particular months. On the top left panel there is bamboo, the bow of the boat with a small lamp attached to it, and a type of water fowl. In the bottom middle panel is a blooming sakura tree and a pheasant. In the bottom left panel is blue and white wisteria ans small sparrows. In the bottom right panel there is a willow slowly coming back to life after winter over a thatched building.
One of a pair of six-fold screens
19th century
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1965/1.179

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Cloisonné Vase
19th century
Bequest of Cora E. Shoecraft
1983/1.360
There is a plum branch with a bird on it. The branches are really thin with tiny flowers on them. In the bottom right corner, there is a signature and a date. Surrounding the paper is a border with gold flowers for the design.
Maruyama Ōkyo
Bird on a Plum Branch
1750 – 1799
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1964/1.105
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