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Hanging scroll painting of a peacock with a blue crest and a long tail of eyespot feathers, on gold silk with a patterned border.

Peacock, hanging scroll by Mori Sosen

A peacock stands on a rocky ground beside a pale gold background, its head turned left with a blue crest raised. Its long tail rises in a fan of feathers marked with dark-ringed eyespots, painted in fine ink and color on silk within a patterned brocade border.

Artist
Mori Sosen (1747-1821)
Date
1786
Medium
Color and ink on silk
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
1538 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1786).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

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