Lot 128: SHIOKAWA BUNRIN 塩川文麟 (1808-1877) FIREFLIES AT NIGHT Meiji era (1868-1912),

Name: SHIOKAWA BUNRIN 塩川文麟 (1808-1877) FIREFLIES AT NIGHT Meiji era (1868-1912),
Brand: Bonhams
SKU: 7854d3583d

Est: £2,000 GBP - £3,000 GBPSold:

BonhamsLondon, United KingdomNovember 10, 2016

Item Overview

Description

SHIOKAWA BUNRIN 塩川文麟 (1808-1877) FIREFLIES AT NIGHT Meiji era (1868-1912), 1870s Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk in silk mounts, depicting fireflies and grasses by river; ivory jiku (roller ends) Signed Bunrin 文麟 with a seal Kachiku On . . . 可竹温 Wood tomobako (storage box), inscribed outside Bunrin hotaru zu 文麟蛍図 (Firefly painting by Bunrin) Overall: 200.5 x 58.4cm (79 x 23in.) Image: 112 x 41.5cm (44 1/8 x 16 3/8in.) (2).

Artist or Maker

Bunrin

Auction Details

The Ethereal Brush - Important Japanese Paintings

Bonhams

November 10, 2016, 11:00 AM GMT

101 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1S 1SR, UK

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