SHIBATA
Two Crows , 1885 (Executed)
Lot #2 |
2017-11-08 |
Bonhams, London, New Bond Street
The Misumi Collection of Important Works of Lacquer Art and Paintings: Part III
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
GBP 30,000 - 40,000 (currency of sale)
USD 39,330 - 52,440 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Bonhams
Auction number: 24521
Auction name: The Misumi Collection of Important Works of Lacquer Art and Paintings: Part III
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London, New Bond Street
Start date: 2017-11-08
End date: 2017-11-08
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
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Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: Overall: 121 × 67.8 cm (47 5/8 × 26¾ in.)
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
121
Width In Centimeters:
67.8
Height In Inches:
47.625
Width In Inches:
26.625
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Year notes: Executed circa 1885.
Exhibited
Nezu Bijutsukan (Nezu Museum), Tokyo, 1 November–16 December 2012
Literature
Nezu Bijutsukan (Nezu Museum) 2012, cat. no. 120
Catalog summary
SHIBATA ZESHIN 柴田是真 (1807–1891) TWO CROWS 双烏図紙本漆絵掛軸 Meiji era (1868–1912), circa 1885 Hanging scroll, urushi-e on paper with silk mounts and wood jikusaki , depicting a larger and a smaller crow in flight, their feathers rendered in lustrous black lacquer; signed Gyōnen nanajūkyū-ō Tairyūkyo Zeshin 行年七十九翁 對柳居是真 (Tairyūkyo Zeshin, aged 79); seal: Tairyūō 對柳翁 Overall: 121 × 67.8 cm (47 5/8 × 26¾ in.) Image: 36.4 × 50 cm (14 3/8 × 19 5/8 in.) With fitted wooden tomobako storage box inscribed outside Sōu zu urushi-e 双烏圖 うるしえ (Picture of two crows, lacquer painting); inscribed inside Meiji kinoe-uma mōtō kaō shinpitsu Shibata Shinsai kan 明治甲午孟冬 家翁真筆 柴田真哉鑒 (A genuine painting by my father [Zeshin], examined by Shibata Shinsai, October 1894), with a seal With cardboard outer storage box (3) Exhibited Nezu Bijutsukan (Nezu Museum), Tokyo, 1 November–16 December 2012 Published Nezu Bijutsukan (Nezu Museum) 2012, cat. no. 120