Title: Mynah Bird on Plum Branch
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Saien Hōsai (Xiyua Fangqi) 
Artist bio: 1736?–?1795
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: 36 3/16 x 10 1/2 in. (91.9 x 26.7 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Flowers