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Silkies
Mori Sosen (Japanese, 1747–1821)
before 1807
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- Image: 33 3/4 x 51 in. (85.7 x 129.5 cm) Overall with mounting: 72 5/8 x 60 1/16 in. (184.5 x 152.5 cm) Overall with knobs: 63 9/16 in. (161.5 cm)
- Culture
- Japan
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art
- Credit line
- Fishbein-Bender Collection, Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2019
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
