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Details
Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889)
Two ducks among reeds
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk, painted 1885, signed Kyosai zu and circular red seal
76 x 27.5cm. (excluding mount)
Two ducks among reeds
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk, painted 1885, signed Kyosai zu and circular red seal
76 x 27.5cm. (excluding mount)
Provenance
Josiah Conder, no.77
Purchased at auction, V. Winkel and Magnussen, Copenhagen, 1942, and thence by descent to the present owner
Purchased at auction, V. Winkel and Magnussen, Copenhagen, 1942, and thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
Josiah Conder, Paintings and Studies by Kawanabe Kyosai: An Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings, Studies and Sketches, by the Above Artist, with Explanatory Notes on the Principles, Materials and Technique, of Japanese Painting, Tokyo, 1911), p.113, no.77
Winkel and Magnussen, Copenhagen, Doktor Josiah Conder's Samling Af
Japansk Kunst, Auction catalogue, 1st-3rd June 1942, Lot 175
Winkel and Magnussen, Copenhagen, Doktor Josiah Conder's Samling Af
Japansk Kunst, Auction catalogue, 1st-3rd June 1942, Lot 175