Japanese Works of Art - 14th November 2018
Lot 1057
THREE JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTINGS
Estimate £300 - £500
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Description
THREE JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTINGS, KAKEMONO
MEIJI 1868-1912
All three depicting bijin, the first with a beauty on a bridge gazing at sailing boats in the distance, after Yamaguchi Soken (1722-1784), the two others depicting a similar composition with a beauty writing a letter and with Okame behind her, one after Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), and the other Mori Tetsuzan (1774-1841), 111cm x 42.5cm max. (3)
Provenance: the Utamaro picture from the Cook family collection, Scotland.