A Triptych of Sparrows Flying and Playing About
Edo period (1615-1868), 1834
The set of three hanging scroll paintings in ink and color on paper, each painting containing a number of sparrows engaged in various activities including flying, eating, calling out to other sparrows, mid-air fighting, and resting, each small composition of the birds signed or sealed, or both, numbering thirty three individual signatures or seals, with many of the artists known associates of Tani Bunchō, dated on one painting to 1834
50 3/4 x 10 3/4in (128.9 x 27.3cm) each
A Triptych of Sparrows Flying and Playing About
Edo period (1615-1868), 1834
The set of three hanging scroll paintings in ink and color on paper, each painting containing a number of sparrows engaged in various activities including flying, eating, calling out to other sparrows, mid-air fighting, and resting, each small composition of the birds signed or sealed, or both, numbering thirty three individual signatures or seals, with many of the artists known associates of Tani Bunchō, dated on one painting to 1834
50 3/4 x 10 3/4in (128.9 x 27.3cm) each
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