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                                                                              A TATEMONO IN THE STYLE OF
                                                                              HOKUSAI OF BIJIN ON HORSEBACK
                                                                              Tatemono painting with colors on silk.
                                                                              Japan, 19  century
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                                                                              This smaller scroll painting shows a very
                                                                              finely painted image with a brown horse
                                                                              at its center. Two baskets on its back, each
                                                                              containing a bijin, both with pinned-up hair
                                                                              and smoking pipes. A servant is kneeling on
                                                                              the ground in front of the horse and tying
                                                                              his sandals. A stone lantern, or ishidoro,
                                                                              with a flaming pearl between two tree
                                                                              trunks behind the group. The background
                                                                              is very large and fades into the distant
                                                                              haze. Signature HOKU-SAI I-ITSU ⊿ 滳 䁢
                                                                              ᶨ hitsu 䫮 and red seal on the right. Very
                                                                              finely mounted with silk and silk brocade,
                                                                              wood jikusaki.

                                                                              SIZE image 28.7 x 37 CM, SIZE mounting
                                                                              111.8 x 48 CM

                                                                              Condition:
                                                                              Good condition, minor staining
                                                                              Provenance:
                                                                              From a German private collection

                                                                              Estimate EUR 1.400,-
                                                                              Starting price EUR 700,-













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 63                                                                           A TATEMONO BY TANI BUNCHO (1763-
 A KAKEMONO OF HORSES AND SERVANT                                             1840) OF A HORSE UNDER A WILLOW
 UNDER A WILLOW                                                               Tatemono painting with ink and colors on
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 Kakemono painting with colors on silk. Japan, 18                             silk. Japan, dated 1840
 century
 64  expression is a sight to see. The                                        An uma (horse) with a splendidly long and
 This work was painted after the Chinese painter   A KAKEMONO OF A MOUNTED   horse’s mane, tail and head with large   richly painted tail, lowered head and large
 Shen Quan, who lived until 1760 and had many   SAMURAI WARRIOR   blue eyes are excellently painted, its   eyes, in a hilly landscape in the foreground.
 students in Japan. A brown and a black horse, one   Kakemono painting with colors on   posture is dashingly directed forward.   Very finely washed nuances contrast with
 calmly yet curiously looking towards the other,   silk. Japan, late Edo period  A discreet mounting lets the painting   the gnarly trunk of the willow tree in the
 which struggles with the servant boy trying to pull   come into full effect. Ivory jikusaki.  background. Inscription with date, “Tenpo
 it through the water, under a willow tree blowing in   A precisely painted, realistic work that   11th year [1840]”, followed by “Kone roku
 the wind. Inscription indicating the Qianlong era on   offers a considerable amount of blood   SIZE image 111.8 X 55.5 CM, SIZE   gatsu” and signature BUN-CHO 㔯 㗩 hitsu
 the top left. The left line shows the name NAN-PIN   but also has a humorous side, thanks   mounting 195 x 68.3 CM  䫮 on the bottom right. Red hyotan frame
 SHEN QUAN ⋿ 喳 㰰 戻, the lowest character sha   to a skillful mannerism. The battle      contains also “Buncho”. Mounted with silk
 ⮓, ‘painted after’. Mounted with silk brocade, ivory   is over, the samurai’s helmet on his   Condition: Generally in good   brocade and gold, ivory jikusaki.
 jikusaki.   back, his long tachi back in its sheath;   condition, damaged paper with
 both the warrior and his horse have   stretcher marks and stains on the silk   SIZE image 48 x 24.2 CM, SIZE mounting
 SIZE image 104 x 41.5 CM, SIZE mounting 197 x   been hit by several arrows, yet he is   - crease folds are visible, one jikusaki   129 x 36.5 CM
 54.7 CM   holding up his lance, with the severed   missing
 head of an enemy on top, in victory.   Provenance: From an important         Condition: Good condition
 Condition: Good condition  Three more heads are tied to the   Austrian private collection, acquired   Provenance: From a German private
 Provenance: From an Austrian private collection  horse. They appear quite lively, one   before 1930  collection
 of them is screaming while the head
 Estimate EUR 800,-  on the lance has a fierce expression.   Estimate EUR 1.000,-  Estimate EUR 1.000,-
 Starting price EUR 400,-  The samurai’s unflinching yet satisfied   Starting price EUR 500,-  Starting price EUR 500,-






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