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ANONYMOUS KANO SCHOOL
Herons and Reeds/Flowering Prunus
Edo period, 19th century
A pair of door panels (fusuma), ink and color
on hinoki wood, set within a red-lacquered
border and with floral-etched gilt metal pulls;
the front panels with a flying white heron
gazing back at two companions wading
through wind-swept reeds, the reverse with a
gnarled prunus tree in full blossom (extensive
wear).
68 1/2 x 53 1/8in (174 x 135cm) each door
US$3,000 - 5,000
Provenance
Mactaggart Collection
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NOMURA SEKKO (1875-?)
Geese and Plantain Trees
Taisho era
Large four-panel folding screen, ink and color
on paper; depicting a pair of geese standing
near fruiting plantain trees, signed Sekko,
sealed Sekko no in .
59 1/4 x 97 1/4in (150.7 x 247cm)
US$1,500 - 2,500
Provenance
Mactaggart Collection
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A PAIR OF MASSIVE BLUE-AND-WHITE
OVOID PORCELAIN URNS
Meiji era, 19th century
Each elongated body painted in shades
of underglaze blue with a lush flowering
landscape bordered by a pond and populated
by various types of birds, all below raised
horizontal rings framing a wide central bulb
with a cobalt blue band of stylized peonies 5004
separating medallions of fruiting branches
or mountain landscapes, the waisted neck
decorated with further birds and flowering
branches below a wide scalloped-edged rim
(damage to rims, some repairs).
74in (188cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000
A similar pair of monumental urns are
depicted in John Singer Sargent’s painting
entitled “The Daughters of Edward Darley
Boit,” 1882, now in the Boston Museum of
Fine Arts .
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