JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

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AFTER KISHI GANKU (1749-1838)
Two Tigers by a River
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
A six-panel folding screen in ink, colors, and silver foil of two tigers,
their fur modeled with great care, a river running between them
and surrounded by pine trees and their boughs; sealed Dokokan
61 x 129in (154.9 x 327.7cm)
$10,000 - 15,000
649 A
KOSAKU
Beauties of Spring and Winter
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era
Of two-panel folding screen construction with two paintings in
ink and colors on paper; on the right, the beauty of spring under
a bough of green maple leaves holding a Japanese-style umbrella
in a light rain while gazing at a field of irises, wearing a fresh green
kimono with a cherry blossom-patterned lining; on the left, the
beauty of winter under snow-coated sasa bamboo grass leaves
glancing at nanten nandina sprouting up from under the snow,
wearing a black kimono with a motif of prunus blossoms and
narcissus flowers on the skirt; the right signed Kosaku hitsu and
sealed Kosaku, the left signed Kosaku and unsealed
Right: 56 1/4 x 17 5/8in (142.9 x 44.7cm); Left: 55 7/8 x 18 1/4in
(141.9 x 46.3cm)
$2,000 - 3,000
649A
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