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Lot 79: Sengai Gibon (1761-1828)

Est: £3,800 GBP - £4,000 GBP
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 11, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Sengai Gibon (1761-1828)
A frog under a banana tree
Hanging scroll, ink on paper, signed Sengai, sealed Sengai
134 x 29.2cm.

Artist or Maker

Notes

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium
The poem reads Furu ike ya nani yara pon to tobikonda, which is a parody of Basho's haiku Furu ike ya kawazu tobikomi mizu no oto.

Auction Details

Japanese Art and Design

by
Christie's
November 11, 2008, 02:00 PM WET

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK