A GOLD AND SILVER-LACQUERED WOOD PANEL DEPICTING A PAIR OF HARES GAZING AT THE MOON AND A LANDSCAPE

Description:

Japan, signed, Meiji period
40 x 85 cm
A wood panel with gol- lacquered ground and two paintings in gold, silver and sumie togidashi. One in shape of a fan depicting two hares in moonlight, signed lower left and one seal. Next to it a landscape, depicting a lakeshore with a thatched hut, rock formations and a bridge with two men, signed on the right side.
From a German private collection, acquired prior to 2005
Traces of age, partly minor scratches, framed