# Silkies

- By: Mori Sosen (Japanese, 1747–1821)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Fishbein-Bender Collection, Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2019
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/78227)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/as/web-large/DP-18762-002.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)