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PAINTED SCREENS
Various Properties

255 TP
ANONYMOUS
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
A four-panel folding screen, ink, mineral colours, gofun (calcified
crushed shell), gold paint, and gold leaf on paper within a silk-brocade
surround within a lacquered-wood frame, depicting a cherry tree with
a magnificent display of yaezakura (many-petalled blossoms), some
in flower, some still in bud, growing by a brushwood fence supported
by strips of knotted bamboo, the tree’s trunk encrusted with moss
executed in rokusho (malachite), the blossoms in thick applications
of gofun, the fence embellished with squares of kirikane (gold foil);
unsigned. Overall: 155.4cm x 283.8cm (61 3/16in x 111 7/8in);
image: 147.6cm x 276cm (58 7/8in x 108 5/8in).

£3,000 - 5,000
JPY440,000 - 730,000
US$3,900 - 6,500

Ilustrated on page 163.

256 TP
KISHI GANTAI (1782-1865)
Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century
A set of six kakejiku (vertical hanging scrolls) mounted as a six-panel
folding screen, ink on paper, each depicting a tiger in dramatic Kishi-
school style, one crouching on a crag, another snarling against the
backdrop of a waterfall, others chewing on bamboo or drinking from
a stream; each signed Echizen no suke Gantai and sealed Gantai
and Kunchin.
Overall: 178.5cm x 381.8cm (70¼in x 150 7/16in); 256
each image: 128.6cm x 57.5cm (50 5/8in x 22 5/8in).

£20,000 - 30,000
JPY2,900,000 - 4,400,000
US$26,000 - 39,000

The eldest son of Kishi Ganku, Kishi Gantai developed his father’s
painting style, and specialised in depictions of tigers; a kakejiku with the
same signature and seals, dated 1854 (not as stated in the catalogue)
was sold at our New York salerooms, 19 March 2009, lot 308.

257 * TP
ANONYMOUS
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century
A six-panel folding screen, ink, colours, gofun (calcified crushed
shell), and gold on paper within a silk brocade surround, mounted in
lacquered wood, depicting a mass of flowering white chrysanthemums
rendered in the moriage technique growing from behind a brushwood
fence; unsigned. Overall: 175cm x 376cm (68 7/8in x 148in);
image: 160cm x 361cm (63in x 145¼in).

£10,000 - 15,000
JPY1,500,000 - 2,200,000
US$13,000 - 20,000

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