Pursuit of an Ideal: Fine Japanese Works of Art
Pursuit of an Ideal: Fine Japanese Works of Art
Property of a European Collector and Thence by Descent
Lot Closed
November 5, 03:39 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private European Collection
Munakata Shiko (1903-1975)
In Praise of Flower Hunting (Hanakari sho)
Showa period, 20th century
woodblock print, sumizuri-e, joined as a mural in fourteen parts depicting huntsman on horseback racing through flower fields among dogs and game birds, the huntsman without harness or weapons, signed vertically in pencil to the lower left in Japanese Shiko and in Roman script Munakata, with four red seals MunaShiko, and with artist's penciled pine needles, field chrysanthemum (nogiku) and key fret marks, n.d. [blocks cared in 1954]
137 x 169 cm., 54 x 66½ in. (excluding the frame)
170.5 x 198 cm., 67⅛ x 78 in. (including frame)