Japanese Works of Art - 16th November 2023
Lot 749
KANO GYOKUEN NAGANOBU (1816-80)
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £113
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Description
KANO GYOKUEN NAGANOBU (1816-80)
SHOKA/SHOKO (DATES UNKNOWN)
EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY
Two Japanese kakemono (hanging scroll paintings), both ink and colour on paper, one in Chinese style depicting travellers visiting a scholar, his young attendant receiving the visitors at the door of the thatched pavilion; the mountainous river landscape extending beyond them, signed lower left Gyokuen Naganobu hitsu and with the seal Kano, 123.5cm x 54cm; the other painting depicting a flowering branch of camellia, signed Shoka/ Shoko and with a red seal mark, 26.6cm x 31.2cm. (2)
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