Quail, Sparrows, and Millet. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 32 5/16 × 13 5/8 in. (82 × 34.6 cm)Overall with mounting: 65 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (166.3 × 47 cm)Overall with knobs: 65 1/2 × 20 3/8 in. (166.3 × 51.8 cm). Date: early 16th century.The theme of quail and grasses was widely depicted in Southern Song-dynasty China (1127-1279), most often by artists in attendance at the imperial court. Many of these paintings became treasured objects in temple collections in Japan during the Muromachi period, and served as models for a number of bird and millet images created by 16th century Japanese artists. It is possible too that this type of composition was inspired by works from China's Piling school, also known as the Changzhou school, which specialized in bird and flower imagery. Piling-school paintings, exported from the port-city of Ningpo, found their way into Zen Buddhist temples as well as the collection of the Ashikaga shoguns.Here the richly applied, opaque mineral green pigment

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Quail, Sparrows, and Millet. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 32 5/16 × 13 5/8 in. (82 × 34.6 cm)Overall with mounting: 65 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (166.3 × 47 cm)Overall with knobs: 65 1/2 × 20 3/8 in. (166.3 × 51.8 cm). Date: early 16th century.The theme of quail and grasses was widely depicted in Southern Song-dynasty China (1127-1279), most often by artists in attendance at the imperial court. Many of these paintings became treasured objects in temple collections in Japan during the Muromachi period, and served as models for a number of bird and millet images created by 16th century Japanese artists. It is possible too that this type of composition was inspired by works from China's Piling school, also known as the Changzhou school, which specialized in bird and flower imagery. Piling-school paintings, exported from the port-city of Ningpo, found their way into Zen Buddhist temples as well as the collection of the Ashikaga shoguns.Here the richly applied, opaque mineral green pigment

SuperStock offers millions of photos, videos, and stock assets to creatives around the world. This image of Quail, Sparrows, and Millet. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 32 5/16 × 13 5/8 in. (82 × 34.6 cm)Overall with mounting: 65 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (166.3 × 47 cm)Overall with knobs: 65 1/2 × 20 3/8 in. (166.3 × 51.8 cm). Date: early 16th century.The theme of quail and grasses was widely depicted in Southern Song-dynasty China (1127-1279), most often by artists in attendance at the imperial court. Many of these paintings became treasured objects in temple collections in Japan during the Muromachi period, and served as models for a number of bird and millet images created by 16th century Japanese artists. It is possible too that this type of composition was inspired by works from China's Piling school, also known as the Changzhou school, which specialized in bird and flower imagery. Piling-school paintings, exported from the port-city of Ningpo, found their way into Zen Buddhist temples as well as the collection of the Ashikaga shoguns.Here the richly applied, opaque mineral green pigment by Album/Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY/Album Archivo is available for licensing today.