Death of the Phoenix

Artist Utagawa Kunifuku (Japanese)

Datec.1860's

Place of ManufactureAsia

Mediumwoodcut Medium Remarks: coloured inks

DimensionsOverall (width is the measurement with 2 sections mounted together): 35.7 x 48.7 cm

ClassificationsFINE ART

Credit LineGift of Chas and Deborah Dowd

Object number2009.024.009 a,b

Descriptiondiptych; A large bird (phoenix) struggles with a black cat(?). Two figures watch from the background as does a figure high in the branches of an enormous tree. The figure of an old man is shown in a white cloud of mist issuing from the cat's mouth.
Colour: multi-colour

Status

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