Ogata Gekko
Courtesan Admiring an Embroidered Ball
Found at
Bonhams,
Los Angeles
Fine Chinese & Japanese Works of Art Part II, Lot 307
14. Dec - 14. Dec 2020
Fine Chinese & Japanese Works of Art Part II, Lot 307
14. Dec - 14. Dec 2020
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: not available
Price realised: not available
Description
Property of Various Owners
Ogata Gekko (1859-1920)
Courtesan Admiring an Embroidered Ball
Taisho era (1912-1926), 1915
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colors on silk in silk mounts, depicting a courtesan seated with her left arm resting on the end of a lacquered table looking up at a kusudama (embroidered ball decoration), signed at middle right Gekko and sealed Kagyoro
With a wooden tomobako storage box inscribed Ogata Gekko hitsu dayu kusudama o miru zu (Picture of a courtesan viewing a kusudama), dated Showa tsuchinoto-hitsuji rokugatsu chukan (mid-June 1979), signed and sealed Kimura Tosuke (art dealer, 1901-1992)
77 1/2 x 21 3/4in (197 x 55cm); image 42 1/2 x 15in (108 x 38cm)
Ogata Gekko (1859-1920)
Courtesan Admiring an Embroidered Ball
Taisho era (1912-1926), 1915
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colors on silk in silk mounts, depicting a courtesan seated with her left arm resting on the end of a lacquered table looking up at a kusudama (embroidered ball decoration), signed at middle right Gekko and sealed Kagyoro
With a wooden tomobako storage box inscribed Ogata Gekko hitsu dayu kusudama o miru zu (Picture of a courtesan viewing a kusudama), dated Showa tsuchinoto-hitsuji rokugatsu chukan (mid-June 1979), signed and sealed Kimura Tosuke (art dealer, 1901-1992)
77 1/2 x 21 3/4in (197 x 55cm); image 42 1/2 x 15in (108 x 38cm)
Ogata Gekko - Auction history
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