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AYSEN MYO#O
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JAPON, ÉPOQUE KAMAKURA, XIV SIÈCLE
encre, couleurs, or et feuille d’or sur soie, montée en rouleau,
boîte couverte en bois (4)
113,5 x 61 cm, 44⅝x 24 in.
PROVENANCE
Acquired by Willem van Heusden in Japan before 1955
(according to his wife).
Aysen Myo-o
ink, colour, gold and cut gold leaf on silk, hanging scroll,
Japan, Kamakura period, 14th century
40 000-60 000 €
381 000-575 000 HK$ 48 600-73 000 US$
˚͉ 々ࡑࣛ˾dɤ̬˰ߏ ≜ݑˮ ணЍ͉ ͭൿ
‘Japanese experts appear to agree in ascribing this painting to
Fujiwara Nagataka, on what grounds I do not know. However,
there is considerable disagreement as to who this Nagataka
was, in fact there may have been two Fujiwara Nagataka,
both working somewhere between 1200 and 1250 A.D.
Anyway, the dating of this picture is probably correct [...].
The painting is a good one, showing considerable force [...].
(The picture) was designated a “national treasure” by the “All
Japan Treasure Committee” which issued a certiÞ cate No.
460, dated 10th December 1892 (Meiji 25th year) to the then
owner, a Mr. Katano Tomohira. Unfortunately, this certiÞ cate
has been lost.’ Quote Willem van Heusden in his notes
accompanying the painting.
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