THE FIRST SIGNED EISHIN, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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Two Ivory Groups
The first signed Eishin, Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
The first representing a figure in formal male attire preparing tea in front of a tsuitate screen whose reverse depicts a group of figures including Raijin and a praying oni, in front of the screen Hotei's sack, the artist's inkstone and brushes in a brushpot and a samurai with a fan who has escaped from the picture, signed underneath on a red-lacquer plaque Eishin; the second a standing figure with a child on his shoulders holding a long branch of grape-vine, other packaged grapes at his feet, both with slight old damage
6in. (15cm.) and 7½in. (19cm.) high (2)
The first signed Eishin, Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
The first representing a figure in formal male attire preparing tea in front of a tsuitate screen whose reverse depicts a group of figures including Raijin and a praying oni, in front of the screen Hotei's sack, the artist's inkstone and brushes in a brushpot and a samurai with a fan who has escaped from the picture, signed underneath on a red-lacquer plaque Eishin; the second a standing figure with a child on his shoulders holding a long branch of grape-vine, other packaged grapes at his feet, both with slight old damage
6in. (15cm.) and 7½in. (19cm.) high (2)
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