Lot Essay
Masaki Naohiko was appointed the 5th Principal of Tokyo Fine Arts School (now Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music) in 1901.
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Earthly Paradise
Details
QIU YING (ATTRIBUTED TO, 1495-1552)
Earthly Paradise
Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
30 x 371 cm. (11 3⁄4 x 146 in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist
One collector’s seal
Colophons by Lu Shidao (1517-1580) and Nagao Uzan (1864-1942), with a total of two seals
Four collector’s seals
Inscription on the reverse of the outer wooden box cover by Masaki Naohiko (1862-1940), dated 20 March 1933 with two seals; and the inner wooden box cover by Nagao Uzan, with one seal
Earthly Paradise
Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
30 x 371 cm. (11 3⁄4 x 146 in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist
One collector’s seal
Colophons by Lu Shidao (1517-1580) and Nagao Uzan (1864-1942), with a total of two seals
Four collector’s seals
Inscription on the reverse of the outer wooden box cover by Masaki Naohiko (1862-1940), dated 20 March 1933 with two seals; and the inner wooden box cover by Nagao Uzan, with one seal
Provenance
Japanese artist Shimomura Kanzan (1873-1930) collection.
Private Japanese collection, prior to 1994, and thence by descent within the family.
Private Japanese collection, prior to 1994, and thence by descent within the family.
Literature
Chinese Art, Kagawa Prefectural Cultural Hall, Takamatsu, 30 October – 21 November 1971, p.47, pl.73.