Anonymous painter

Description:

Japan, early Edo period
137 x 57 cm / 220 x 72 cm
Ink on paper, depicting an eagle perched on a gnarled branch, holding its prey in its talons, while a squirrel in the grass below gazes fearfully up at the majestic bird of prey.
From an old German private collection, acquired at Japanese Fine Arts Ltd., London, Shigeki Fukaya, on 25 Nov 2000 (copy of the certificate extant) - Traces of age, some water staining and tears, some of which have been restored. Mounted as a hanging scroll, lower roller rod missing