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2004
         IMPORTANT SCREEN (BYÔBU) WITH
         BIRDS, PLUMS AND BAMBOO.
         BEDEUTENDER STELLSCHIRM (BYÔBU)
         MIT VÖGELN, PFLAUMEN UND
         BAMBUS.
         Japan. Edo period (1603 - 1868).
         17th/18th c. Kanô Chikanobu
         (1660 - 1728), attributed.

         Six - part. Ink, partly washed and a few
         pigments on paper, partly with gold
         speckles. Narrow brocade frame, fabric
         frame, wooden frame. Under an old,
         flowering plum tree, a pair of pheasants
         with a chick. He looks around at the flock
         geese high up. A pair of mandarin ducks
         swims on the water. The representation
         mainly in ink and interrupted by clouds.
         Picture size 355 x 161cm. Complete size
         370 x 176.5cm. Sign.: Chikanobu hitsu &
         seal. Condition A/B. Damaged and partly
         restored, a few cracks.

         Provenance:
          - Private collection Sonderhoff.
         Compare:
          - Watanabe: Of Water and ink. 1986.
         P. 170 - 171, a similar screen by Tôhaku
         (1539 - 1610).

         € 5.000 – 8.000 | $ 5.550 – 8.880











































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