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Lot 290: Tosa Mitsuoki (1617-1691) , Quail and a poem hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

Est: $5,000 USD - $7,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USSeptember 16, 2008

Item Overview

Description

signed Tosa sakon shokan Mitsuoki and with a seal Fujiwara, mounted on brocade hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

Dimensions

measurements note 13 3/4 by 22 1/2 in., 35 by 57.2 cm

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Shukodo, Kyoto.

Notes

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF FRIEDA AND MILTON ROSENTHAL
The poem reads Kimi kohishi
Fushimi no sato ni
Kitemireba
Kowata no nobezo
Uzura nakunaru
'Longing and looking for you, I came to a village in Fushimi, at Kowata's field, quails are cooing'

Auction Details

Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

by
Sotheby's
September 16, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US