Kingfisher on Branch

Unknown artist, China

About 1980

  • Titles Kingfisher on Branch (Proper)
  • Artist Unknown artist,, China
  • Medium ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions painting: 46 × 14 3/8 in. (116.8 × 36.5 cm) mount: 82 × 20 1/2 in. (208.3 × 52.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. Peter D. and Derry Brice Bunting, AFI.19.2015
  • Work Type hanging scroll
  • Classification Paintings

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