SIGNED ZESHIN (1807 - 1891), EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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SIGNED ZESHIN (1807 - 1891), EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
THE DARK GREY-GREEN ISHIME-JI GROUND DECORATED IN BROWN AND GOLD ISHIME, HIRAMAKI-E, TAKAMAKI-E, TOGIDASHI-E, POLISHED RED, BROWN AND OCHRE LACQUER AND SILVER LACQUER, WITH A SMALL THATCHED POTTING SHED WITH A SLATTED SUN-BLIND, CONTAINING POTTED PLANTS ON THE SHELF AND FLOOR, A STRAW MAT LIES OUTSIDE AND AN OAR LEANS AGAINST THE WALL, TO THE RIGHT IS ANOTHER LOW THATCHED ROOF WITH PLANTS GROWING IN THE SHADE OF TWO SHOJI, A BIRD SITS ON THE ROOF, ON THE REVERSE IS A KNARLED WILLOW TREE, SIGNED, ZESHIN, THE INTERIOR IN RED LACQUER AND THE RISER IN GINJI
5.4CM. HIGH

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SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807 - 1891) WAS A PUPIL OF KOMA KANSAI II FROM THE AGE OF ELEVEN AND ALSO STUDIED PAINTING UNDER SUZUKI NANREI AND OKAMOTO TOYOHIKO. HE WAS ONE OF THE VERY FEW ARTISTS TO PAINT IN LACQUER ON PAPER AND WAS THE PRIMARY LACQUERER OF THE 19TH CENTURY. HE USED A VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES, SOME FROM HIS STUDIES OF THE ANTIQUE AND OTHERS WHICH HE ORIGINATED, THEY INCLUDED THE ISHIME GROUND, KNOWN AS SEIDO-NURI (AS IN THIS EXAMPLE) AND IMITATIONS OF POTTERY AND METALWORK WITH THEIR VARIOUS PATINAS.

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