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Lot 121: Poem on decorated paper with wisteria design

Est: $8,000 USD - $10,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USMarch 18, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Attributed to Hon'ami Koetsu (1558-1637)
Poem on decorated paper with wisteria design
Fragment of handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, silver and gold on paper
11 3/8 x 16½in. (29 x 42cm.)
Wood box signed, dated and authenticated by calligraphy scholar Tayama Honan

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Kamakura Kokuhokan Museum, "Kinsei soshokuha (Rinpa) tenrankai" (Exhibition of the decorative school in the early modern period [Rinpa]), 1947.5.15-25

Provenance

Katsumoto Eiji

Notes

The poem by Fujiwara no Ariie from the Shin kokin wakashu (New Collection of Ancient and Modern Verse) reads:

Yume kayou michi sae taenu kuretake no
Fushimi no sato no yuki no shitaore



Auction Details

Japanese And Korean Art

by
Christie's
March 18, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

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