A fine scroll painting on silk of three pigeons in the branches of a maple tree by Watanabe Seitei, signed with seal beneath, blue and beige textile mount, wood box, Meiji period, painting 41cm x 105cm, scroll 53cm x 196cm. Watanabe Seitei (1851 - 1918) is often associated with the cloisonné artist Namikawa Sosuke who recreated some of his paintings in wireless cloisonné, including the famous panels made for the Emperor's Asakusa Palace in the Meiji period. Seitei's works are to be found in many national collections including the Institute of Art, Chicago, Brussels Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Tokyo Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo National Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, Ashmolean Museum, Fogg Collection, Metropolitan Museum, New York.