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mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
| Subject: | mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
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Artist Katsushika Hokusai (attributed to) (Japan, 1760-1849)
Title Mandarin Ducks
Description
English:
Japan, 19th century
Series: Birds and Flowers
Prints; woodcuts
Color woodblock print, reproduction
10 1/4 x 14 7/8 in. (26.0 x 37.8 cm)
Gift of N.J. Sargent (16.16.110)
Japanese Art
Date 19th century
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mandarin_Ducks_LACMA_16.16.110.jpg
The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species found in East Asia. Aix is an Ancient Greek word used by Aristotle to refer to an unknown diving bird, and galericulata is the Latin for a wig, derived from galerum, a cap or bonnet. |
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