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Lot 2090
YAMADA KYÛJÔ (1747-1793)
Estimated Value:
500 € - 800 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Japan, 18. Jh.106 x 43 cm
Ducks and flowers, ink and colours on silk, mounted as a hanging scroll. Sign: Heian Kyûjô sha; seals: Kyûjô and Yoshio and l.u. a third seal (=Yamada Kyûjô, 1747-1793). Inscription on the outside of the hanging scroll: Kachô no ga (flowers and bird picture) Yamada Kyûjô hitsu, Chôjuji takaramono (preciousness from Chôjuji temple), followed by 12 characters which are difficult to read and probably refer to a restoration of the painting.
From a German private collection, acquired before 2007
Yamada Kyūjō was a Nanga painter, born in Owari Province. He was a pupil of Sō Shiseki and painted landscapes, birds and other animals after Chinese models. This scroll is also a Japanese interpretation of a Chinese Zhe School style bird and flower painting. - Minor damages and restorations
