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UKIYO-E SCHOOL SAITO UNKEI
Beauty Composing a Poem Mount Fuji
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870-1880 Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa era (1926-1989)
A roundel in ink, color and gold pigment, framed; a half-portrait of A hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk; a hazy view of Mount Fuji
a lady-in-waiting writing on a poem card; set within a thick black- towering above wooded cliffs and two fishing boats; signed and sealed
lacquered wood frame with two metal suspension loops of repoussé Unkei
chrysanthemum design With a wood tomobako (storage box) inscribed by the artist
39 7/8in (101.5cm) diameter 40 1/4 x 15 3/4in (102.3 x 40) painting
73 1/8 x 20 5/8in (186 x 52.5cm) overall
US$1,000 - 2,000
US$700 - 900
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NIHONGA SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY) 6142
Court lady playing the koto No lot
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989), 1910s-1930s
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk; depicting an interior with a Heian-
era beauty in three-quarter view, seated as she plucks the strings of a
koto in the soft light of an oil lamp; signed and sealed Gogan
49 1/2 x 21 3/4in (125.7 x 55.5cm) image
76 x 26 3/8in (160 x 67.2cm) overall

US$1,500 - 2,000

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