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NAGASAKI SCHOOL
Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th century the room lavishly decorated with Chinese screen paintings, the open
Framed and glazed painting, ink and colours on paper, depicting a shoji sliding doors revealing a view of Nagasaki Bay with foreign ships
scene in the Dutch Factory (Trading Post), with foreign ships at anchor at anchor; unsigned. Overall: 56cm x 88cm (22in x 34 5/8in);
in Nagasaki Bay, unsigned; with a cardboard box. image: 31.5cm x 63.5cm (12 3/8in x 25in).
Overall: 66.5cm x 81.5cm (26¼in x 32 1/8in);
image: 41cm x 48cm (16 1/8in x 18 7/8in). (2). £3,000 - 3,500
JPY450,000 - 530,000
£2,000 - 3,000 US$4,200 - 4,900
JPY300,000 - 450,000
US$2,800 - 4,200 Provenance
Eymery & Cie., Rue St-Honoré, Paris.
For the style and subject matter of this painting, please refer to lot 298.
The style of this painting, including its bird’s-eye view perspective,
recalls the work of Kuwahara Keiga, a little-known artist who
298 * was permitted to live in the foreign enclave at Nagasaki where he
NAGASAKI SCHOOL associated with the Dutch residents, making a living depicting them
Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th century and their activities. For an example of his work registered as an
Section of a handscroll, ink and colours on silk, matted and framed, Important Art Object and held by the Nagasaki Municipal Museum,
depicting a scene in the Dutch Factory (Trading Post) with the Dutch see William Watson, The Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo Period,
Opperhoofd (Headman) entertaining Japanese samurai guests to a London, Royal Academy of Arts,1981, cat. no. 55. The exotic nature
banquet including male musicians and female entertainers, the table of the Dutch Factory is emphasized here by the inclusion of luxury
spread with an Indian calico cotton cloth and laden with silver vessels, Chinese, European and South Asian furnishings.

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