Kanō Chikanobu (1660-1728)Bird on a a bamboo MediumHanging scroll; ink on paperSignChikanobu hitsuSealJosenDate17º- 18º centuryPainting size128 x 28.5 cmMount size 213 x 44.5 cmPrice4800 € The powerful composition shows a bird with a fierce look resting over a thick bamboo. The painting has been probably made for a samurai family, as common for Kanō artists, since the strong scene is quite distant from the decorative taste and the academic approach that in this period started to spread among painters of this school. The Kanō school is one of the most famous...
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Early Edo Period (1615-1867), circa 1650Signed 肥前國河内大掾藤原正廣Hizen kuni kawachi daijō Fujiwara MasahiroNBTHK Hozon Tōken Nagasa [length]: 72 cmSori [curvature]: 1.4 cmMotohaba [bottom width]: 2.9 cmSakihaba [top width]: 2.1 cmMotokasane [bottom thickness]: 5.5 mm Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, koshi-zori, chu-kissakiKitae [forging pattern]: Ko-itame hada and konuka hada typical of Hizen. Jinie.Hamon [tempering pattern]: Gunome midare in nie-deki with thick nioiguchi. Ashi, yō, long sunagashi and kinsuji.Boshi [point]: Round at the end with hakikake kaeriNakago [tang...
A wood netsuke representing an octopus dressed in kimonoSigned: MiwaEdo school, early 19th centuryKatabori wood netsuke, with eyes inlaid in dark hornHeight: 6.8cmProvenance:Arlette Katchen collectionThe semi-anthropomorphic octopus, dressed in a haori, stands on four tentacles that an entrapped tiny monkey tries to force. The composition refers to a tale in which Ryūjin, the Dragon King of Sea, falls ill and is told by his doctor, an octopus, that the only remedy for his sickness is the liver of a live monkey.There were a number of carvers using the name Miwa, all living in Edo, the...
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