Lot no. 41
41. * ANONYOMUS
Kanbun Beauty
Edo period (1615-1868), probably 18th/19th century
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), in ink, colours, and gold on paper, in silk mounts, depicting a beauty of the Kanbun era (1661-1673) wearing a kosode (short-sleeved kimono) decorated with a large floral pattern and bridges, standing against a plain background sprinkled with gold powders, her left hand concealed inside her sleeve and tucking up the hem of her kimono with the other, unsigned; the jikusaki (roller ends) decorated in gold takamaki-e with butterflies and karakusa ('Chinese grasses'); with double wood storage boxes and a futomaki jō (wide wood roller)
Overall : 220 x 75cm; image : 120 x 53cm (4).
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Asian Art
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