Birding in the archives: #Peacock (f.33r) + #Parrot (f.53r) in the marginalia of a Book of Hours, Northern France, 16th c., @UDLibrary Special Collections MSS 095.031.
#BirdsInArt
While neither bird is native to Europe, both were known since ancient times as exotic imports; each was then adopted into Christian symbolism, with the peacock associated with immortality and the all-seeing eye of God and the parrot with the praise of God and the Virgin Mary.

Grace Hudson (USA, 1865–1937)
The #Dove Place (Ma-yu-ma), 1916 (No. 492)
Oil on Canvas
Private Collection (L.6.1.2005) - on display at Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA
#WomenArtists #BirdsInArt #InternationalBirdDay #Pomo

For #InternationalBirdDay :
Omocha-e (toy print), Monozukushi-e (themed reference print): #Birds by Yoshiki
1. n.d. (mid-19th c.) 2. 1852
Japan National Diet Library:
https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1308017
https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1308018
#JapaneseArt #BirdsInArt

Hopi Wicker Plaque Basket, n.d.
“Polychrome #eagle design in dyed rabbit brush woven around sumac warp with yucca edging.”
On display at SRJC Multicultural Museum, CA, USA (88.029)
#NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt #BirdsInArt

For #WorldStorkDay + #TilesOnTuesday:
William De Morgan (English, 1839-1917)
#Stork and #Frog Tile
c. 1872-1881
earthenware w/ copper lustre glazing, 15.5 x 15.5 cm
National Gallery of Canada 39225: https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/stork-and-frog-tile
#BirdsInArt

#NationalPeacockDay :
Mahamayuri on #peacock
China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande mark and period (1426-35)
Gilt copper alloy
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Now on display at “Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100–1900” @ The Met
#BirdsInArt

For #NationalPeacockDay :
Sewing Box in the Form of a #Peacock
German (probably Berlin), c. 1830
Mahogany, coniferous wood (pine?), oak; birch, boxwood, ebonized wood; inlay of sycamore, green stained holly, mahogany; bone, silver-gilt, blued steel, brass
On display at The Met (2023.25a, b)
#BirdsInArt

For #NationalPeacockDay :
Taus (mayuri), India, c.1885
wood, parchment, metal, feathers
on display at The Met
“The name of this bowed instrument means #peacock , the bird associated with Saraswati, the goddess of music. Popular at 19th century courts, it derives its form from the dilruba, an instrument combining features of other Indian stringed instruments like the sarangi and the sitar.”
#BirdsInArt #MusicalInstruments

For #NationalPeacockDay :
Pair of Bracelets with #Peacocks
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur or Delhi, c. 1900
enameled & partially gilded silver inlaid with emeralds, rubies, glass, & silicate minerals; paint
3 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 5/8 in. (8.89 x 8.57 x 1.59 cm)
LACMA https://collections.lacma.org/node/226915
#BirdsInArt #IndianArt

#TilesOnTuesday :
Earthenware Tile, c. 1875
Design by CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (British, 1834-1904)
Manufactured by MINTON (British, Stoke-on-Trent)
On display at Metropolitan Museum of Art (1991.110.2)
“Highly stylized and executed in a striking blue and white, Dresser's elegant design captures his dedication to the study of Japanese decorative arts. The bright moon behind the dancing #cranes creates an otherworldly, almost mystical atmosphere.”
#BirdsInArt

#MetalMonday :
Hanging Lamp in the Form of a #Peacock
Byzantine, 6th-7th c.
Copper alloy, cast
On display at Metropolitan Museum of Art (61.111a, b)
“Conjuring images of the garden of paradise and heavenly splendor, the peacock became a Christian symbol in the 300s.”
#BirdsInArt #ByzantineArt

#WorldSparrowDay :
Shibata Zeshin 柴田是眞 (Japan, 1807-1891)
#Sparrow Nest, n.d. (c.1880s)
woodblock print, Nishiki-e on paper.
H 18.4 x W 21.6 cm
British Museum 1906,1220,0.1362: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1906-1220-0-1362
#BirdsInArt #JapaneseArt

For #WorldSparrowDay :
Teapot in the Shape of a #Sparrow (with #Cicada finial)
Japan, n.d.
Stoneware (Banko Ware), 9.3 x 8.1 x 13.8 cm
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 1991.054.059 a,b
https://aggv.ca/emuseum/objects/11993/teapot--in-the-shape-of-a-sparrow
#BirdsInArt #JapaneseArt

#Goshawk Mews, c.1675
Attributed to a Kano school artist
Japan, Edo period, 1615-1868
Ink, color, & gold on paper; mounted as a six-fold screen
On display at Philadelphia Museum of Art 1978-122-1
#BirdsInArt #JapaneseArt
“This screen is unusual in depicting the mews (enclosure) that houses these birds of prey as they are raised and trained for hunting.”

BORB
Ito Jakuchu (Japan, 1716-1800)
#Crane , 1760-70
Ink on paper; mounted as a hanging scroll
On display at Philadelphia Museum of Art 2023-112-33
#BirdsInArt #JapaneseArt

#MetalMonday:
Gold Ring with #Parrot
Mughal India, 18th c.
Dia. 2.5 cm
#BirdsInArt
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/18801/lot/344/a-gold-mughal-ring-with-parrot-india-18th-century/

#TwoForTuesday + #TilesOnTuesday:
Tile panel with inscription and #peacocks
Iran, c.1825
Ceramic, H 20.5 x W 50 in (52.1 x 127 cm)
Asian Art Museum F2008.64.18.a-.b
https://searchcollection.asianart.org/objects/18663/tile-panel-with-inscription-and-peacocks
#BirdsInArt #IslamicArt

#MetalMonday:
Fabergé jeweled gold and silver-mounted charka shaped as a #bird
Workmaster's mark of Anna Ringe, St. Petersburg, c. 1896
H 2in. (5.1cm.)
engraved with the Russian inscription 'Christmas Tree, 4 January 1897'
#BirdsInArt
https://www.christies.com/lot/a-jewelled-gold-and-silver-mounted-charka-shaped-3898010/

#ValentinesDay
Charley Harper (USA, 1922-2007)
#Flamingo a Go Go, 1988
Serigraph Print, Ed. of 500
18 x 18 in. (Image)
https://www.charleyharperartstudio.com/flamingo-a-go-go-serigraph.html
#BirdsInArt

Happy #ValentinesDay from this Superb Lyrebird!
"Menura superba" (now Menura novaehollandiae) from _An account of the English colony in New South Wales, from its first settlement in January 1788 to August 1801_, 1804. Rare Book Collection, Melbourne Museum: https://href.li/?https://victoriancollections.net.au/stories/time-flies-in-museum-collections-ornithology-in-victoria/the-iconic-lyrebird
#BirdsInArt