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A DAILY LIFE JAPANESE PAINTING
Ink and colors on silk. Japan, Meiji or Showa period
Depicting a leisure daily life scene, with men and women
enjoying food and music, the open shoji sliding doors
revealing a pine tree, a cabin and the moon. Framed.
SIZE mounting 95.5 x 66.5 CM
Condition: Good age-related condition, stains and two
medium tears on the right upper part and edge - the
frame with flaking paint and chips, the back damaged
Provenance: From an Austrian private collection
Estimate EUR 100,-
Starting price EUR 50,-
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A YOKOMONO OF A LAKE AND MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE
Yokomono painting with ink on paper. Japan, 19 century
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This work shows bushes on a steep slope and a view of a
boat with a man in it, as well as the roofs of a fishing village
in front of a steep cliff. A subtle contrast is formed by a group
of black birds flying into the distance. The painting is from the
Kano school. Red seal in the lower right corner. Mounted with
silk and silk brocade, ivory jirusaki. Wooden box.
SIZE image 43 x 49 CM, SIZE mounting 131 x 61 CM
Condition: Good condition, subtle crease folds are visible
Provenance: From a German private collection
Estimate EUR 500,- 80
Starting price EUR 250,- A TATEMONO OF A MAN DRUNK ON SAKE
Tatemono painting with ink on paper. Japan,
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19 century
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A KAKEMONO BY BAIDO OF FIVE BOYS AND A This bearded drunk could be the sage
SCROLL Toyenmai, a poet and great drunkard from
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Kakemono painting with colors on silk. Japan, 19 78 ancient times. But he could also be an
century KANO CHIKANOBU: 79 immortal, gleefully strolling around and
LONG-ARMED MONKEY A TAIZAN SCHOOL TATEMONO carrying a hyoten bottle gourd containing the
The heads and faces of the boys are very lively and Ink painting on paper. Japan, OF A KINGFISHER AND LOTUS elixir of life on his head. Inscrition in sosho
executed in the style of ukiyoe painting. All heads are 17 / early 18 century Tatemono painting with ink on paper. calligraphy and two red seals in the upper
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bald except for one. One boy is sitting at a table with two Japan, 19 century part of the image. Signature and red seal on
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cans. Another is pretending to paint on the scroll, like a Depiction of a long-armed the bottom left. Mounted with paper and silk
child imitates adult activities. Another boy is studying the monkey. A characteristic Zen The kingfisher, flying over a lotus plant, brocade, wooden jikusaki (one piece missing).
character Koto 䏜 on the scroll, which refers to a type ink painting depicting a gibbon is painted with minimal yet very accurate
of Japanese zither. The boy holding up the scroll is also grasping for a reflection of the strokes. The pond or lake is left to the SIZE image 57.7 x 29 CM,
holding a large leaf-shaped fan. Signature BAI-DO 㠭 Ⲟ moon. A small, magnificent ink viewer’s imagination. Signature TAI- SIZE mounting 141.3 x 31 CM
hitsu 䫮 and two red seals on the right. Baido Asana lived painting done on paper, some ZAN IN HO-GEN 㲘 Ⱉ 昊 㱽 䛤 and seal
from 1816 to 1880 and also made colored woodblock minor condition. Old mounting as Taizan´in, In, meaning ‘school’, at the Condition: Traces of age and wear, the upper
prints. Mounted with silk and silk brocade with gold, hanging scroll. bottom. Mounte on paper with gold and part with small holes - crease folds are visible
ivory jikusaki. brocade, wooden jikusaki. Wooden box Provenance: From a German private collection
SIZE image 90.5 x 25 CM, with inscription about the signature as
SIZE image 42.5 x 66.7 CM, LENGTH scroll 170 x 33 CM well as the motifs of kingfisher and lotus. Estimate EUR 300,-
SIZE mounting 133 x 77.5 CM Starting price EUR 150,-
Condition: Age-related condition; SIZE image 94.5 x 29.7 CM, SIZE
Condition: Slight damaged paper, silk loss and subtle staining mounting 136 x 32 CM
stains - painting in good condition Provenance: From an European
Provenance: From an Austrian private collection private collection Condition: Good condition, minor
staining; mounting with losses
Estimate EUR 500,- Estimate EUR 500,- Provenance:
Starting price EUR 250,- Starting price EUR 250,- From a German private collection
Estimate EUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 150,-
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