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Watercolour of pale bones scattered on the ground among grass, with leafy vines across the upper left corner.

Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.

A muted grey-green watercolour with fine grass blades along the lower edge and vine leaves trailing across the upper left. Pale bones and skeletal fragments lie scattered across the centre, and no human figure is visible.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1700 and 1799?]
Medium
Watercolors
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2797 px
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Public domain · Licensed CC BY 4.0 (Wellcome Collection) by Wellcome Collection; credit required.
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Español: Kusōzu: huesos dispersos entre hierba y enredaderas, acuarela

Una acuarela de tonos grises verdosos apagados, con finas hojas de hierba en el borde inferior y hojas de enredadera que cruzan la esquina superior izquierda. Huesos pálidos y fragmentos esqueléticos yacen dispersos en el centro, y no se ve ninguna figura humana.

Português: Kusōzu: ossos espalhados entre grama e trepadeiras, aquarela

Uma aquarela em tons cinza-esverdeados e discretos, com finas lâminas de grama na borda inferior e folhas de trepadeira que se estendem pelo canto superior esquerdo. Ossos pálidos e fragmentos esqueléticos estão espalhados pelo centro, e nenhuma figura humana é visível.