Japanese Works of Art - 14th November 2018
Lot 1056
A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING
Estimate £500 - £800
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Description
A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING, KAKEMONO
EDO/MEIJI PERIOD
In ink and colour on paper, depicting a spray of chrysanthemum in a tall vase, an ornamental rock before it, with two lines of calligraphy and three red seals, together with a print of Hotei, the god seated on his giant sack and playing the shamisen by Katsushika Taito II (active 1810-1853), framed and glazed, 22cm x 132cm max. (2)
Provenance: a Spanish private collection, Madrid. The chrysanthemum painting purchased from the Kyoto Gallery, Brussels, and the Hotei print from the P. Huguenin Gallery, Geneva.