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Lot 133: Pheasant and wisteria

Est: $4,000 USD - $6,000 USD
Christie'sNew York, NY, USSeptember 18, 2007

Item Overview

Description

Kikuchi Hobun (1862-1918)
Pheasant and wisteria
Signed Hobun hitsu and sealed Hobun and another seal
Two-panel screen; ink, color and gold on paper
65 3/8 x 72 7/8in. (166 x 185cm.)

Artist or Maker

Notes

Hobun was born in Osaka and studied under the Shijo-school painter, Kono Bairei (1844-1895). He taught at the Kyoto Municipal School of Fine Arts and Crafts and was a frequent exhibitor with and juror for the Bunten. He was one of the founders of the Kyoto Nihonga school.

Auction Details

Japanese and Korean Art

by
Christie's
September 18, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US