Japanese Works of Art - 7th December 2020
Lot 265
TWO JAPANESE TOSA SCHOOL PAINTINGS
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £300
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Description
TWO JAPANESE TOSA SCHOOL PAINTINGS
MUROMACHI PERIOD OR LATER, 16TH CENTURY OR LATER
Possibly fragments from handscroll paintings, makimono, both compositions based on diagonal lines and depicting figures in Heian-style garments engaged in daily life, one with a man in a traditional cart, hanaguruma, the other with figures on a balcony overlooking a pond, one writing a letter, both in chinoiserie lacquered frames and glazed, mounted with labels inscribed 'subject: Japanese court life. By Tosa School. Date - middle of Ashikaga Period 1570', both 22cm x 26cm. (2)