Two Birds on a Blossoming Branch

Name: Two Birds on a Blossoming Branch
SKU: 3509
Price: 110.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Kakemono, unique work, 200 x 60 cm

Product number: 3509

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Details about the sold piece

Height 200 cm
Width 60 cm
Item Type Kakemono
Jikusaki Wood
Material Honshi Silk
Period of Creation Heisei (1989–2019)
Technique Hand-Painted
Unique Work Yes

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Description

A pair sits harmoniously on a blossoming branch – a pictorial motif that has long stood in Japanese painting for marital harmony and the reawakening of nature in spring. The two birds with their reddish plumage are carefully worked out in detail, while the blossoms in vivid red and the leaves in rich green enliven the picture.

Painted on fine silk, this work combines delicate coloring with precise linework, characteristic of decorative bird-and-flower painting. It was created in the Heisei period (1989–2019) and testifies that this centuries-old pictorial tradition has remained alive into the present.

The handle of the hanging scroll is made of wood, the mounting is kept classic and allows the lively motif to come into its own. A friendly, colorful kakemono that is well suited as a decorative highlight for lovers of Japanese painting.

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Why does the date of creation sometimes not match the artist's dates

Because the two pieces of information speak about different things: the period designation describes the object – support, colors, condition – while the signature reflects which name appears on the painting. In most cases there is no attempt at deception behind this, but rather Japanese painting training: copying from workshop models was the curriculum for centuries, an utsushi is regarded as a bow to the teacher, workshops signed with the master's name, and artist names were passed down within a school. Such a hanging scroll is therefore not a forgery, but a hand-painted one-of-a-kind that continues the formal language of its school – just not the work of the famous name, and priced accordingly. We explain this in detail in the guide Why does a kakemono often bear the signature of an artist long deceased?.

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