Antique Crows Scroll Painting

A hanging wall scroll that depicts a pair of crows in flight. The official title of this piece is 暁鳥 (Akatsuki Tori). [Artist Biography] Watanabe Shotei (Seitei) was born in 1851 in Edo, present-day Tokyo. Initially studying painting, he began working under Shibata Zeshin (柴田是眞) (1807-1891), a prominent figure in Japanese painting, lacquer art, and printmaking. Zeshin Shibata represented Japan at various international exhibitions, including Vienna in 1875, Philadelphia in 1876, and Paris in 1878. Ink and Mineral Pigments | Silk Brocade border  19th Century Measurements (Art) 45.75” x 19.25” (length, width) (Mounting) 79” x 27.75” (length, width) SKU: S-Y3220