Birds and flowers

Two small brown-and-white sparrow-like birds fly and dive across a pale gold ground beside yellow hibiscus-like blossoms with serrated green leaves. A red seal sits at lower right, and fine ink lines suggest grasses in this ink and color painting on silk.

Artist

Kano Tsunenobu 狩野常信 (1636-1713)

Date

mid 17th-early 18th century

Medium

Ink and color on silk

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

1793 × 2240 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art