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Lot 228: Sengai Gibon (1761-1828)

Est: $3,000 USD - $4,000 USD
Christie'sNew York, NY, USSeptember 18, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Sengai Gibon (1761-1828)
Sugawara Michizane (845-903) going to China
Sealed Sengai
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
36¼ x 11 3/8in. (92 x 29cm.)

Artist or Maker

Notes

The poem reads:
Kochi fukaba Morokoshi mademo nioiken
Ume no aruji no sode no hitoeda


The fragrance of a plum branch in the sleeve of the lord,
reaches even to China when the spring wind blows.

Auction Details

Japanese & Korean Art

by
Christie's
September 18, 2008, 10:00 AM EST

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