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Jan. 17, 2024
SESSON SHUKEI (1504-1589): 'CROW UNDER WILLOW TREE'
Est: €800 - €1,600
SESSON SHUKEI (1504-1589): 'CROW UNDER WILLOW TREE' Japan, 16th century. Ink on paper. Mounted as a hanging scroll, on a silk brocade coated paper frame with ivory handles. Depicting a squawking crow perched on a willow branch. Inscriptions: To the bottom-left, signed 'Sesson zu' 雪村圖 ('Painted by Sesson'). One seal, 'Shukei' 周継. Provenance: From the collection of Felix Tikotin, and thence by descent within the family. To the verso, inscribed 'Coll. Bing' and another label inscribed 'SESSON Corbeau.' Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. Born in Glogau, Germany, to a Jewish family, his ancestors had returned with Napoleon from Russia from a town named Tykocin. He grew up in Dresden and after World War I, he traveled to Japan and immediately fell in love with the culture. In April 1927, he opened his first own gallery in Berlin. The entire family survived the Holocaust, and in the 1950s Tikotin slowly resumed his activities as a dealer in Japanese art. He became, once again, very successful and prominent, holding exhibitions all over Europe and the United States. When he first visited Israel in 1956, he decided that the major part of his collection belonged in that country. In 1960, the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was opened in Haifa. Condition: Shows tears, material loss, creases, and touch-ups but still presenting well. The brocade frame with usual traces of wear and creasing. Important notice: Please note that we will need to remove the ivory roller ends before shipping / handing over the item. The roller ends are not part of this offer. Dimensions: Image size 99.5 x 42.3 cm, Size incl. mounting 184 x 55.7 cm Sesson Shukei (1504-1589) was a Japanese Zen monk and painter from the Muromachi period. He was born a member of the Satake clan but left after being disinherited by his father and was inducted as a monk at Shoso-ji temple, the Satake bodaiji. Sesson was a master of ink painting, ranked with Sesshu Toyo, one of the greatest painters in Japanese history, and worked in a dramatic style that generally accentuated idiosyncrasy, humor, and exaggeration in his approach to subjects, whether figural or landscape. Museum comparison: Compare a related painting of Myna birds attacking an owl, by Sesson Shukei, in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), New York, accession no. 29.100.353.
Galerie Zacke
Nov. 30, 2023
SESSON SHUKEI (1504-1589): ‘CROW UNDER WILLOW TREE’
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
SESSON SHUKEI (1504-1589): ‘CROW UNDER WILLOW TREE’ Japan, 16th century. Ink on paper. Mounted as a hanging scroll, on a silk brocade coated paper frame with ivory handles. Depicting a squawking crow perched on a willow branch. Inscriptions: To the bottom-left, signed ‘Sesson zu’ 雪村圖 (‘Painted by Sesson’). One seal, ‘Shukei’ 周継. Provenance: From the collection of Felix Tikotin, and thence by descent within the family. To the verso, inscribed ‘Coll. Bing’ and another label inscribed ‘SESSON Corbeau.’ Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. Born in Glogau, Germany, to a Jewish family, his ancestors had returned with Napoleon from Russia from a town named Tykocin. He grew up in Dresden and after World War I, he traveled to Japan and immediately fell in love with the culture. In April 1927, he opened his first own gallery in Berlin. The entire family survived the Holocaust, and in the 1950s Tikotin slowly resumed his activities as a dealer in Japanese art. He became, once again, very successful and prominent, holding exhibitions all over Europe and the United States. When he first visited Israel in 1956, he decided that the major part of his collection belonged in that country. In 1960, the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was opened in Haifa. Condition: Shows tears, material loss, creases, and touch-ups but still presenting well. The brocade frame with usual traces of wear and creasing. Important notice: Please note that we will need to remove the ivory roller ends before shipping / handing over the item. The roller ends are not part of this offer. Dimensions: Image size 99.5 x 42.3 cm, Size incl. mounting 184 x 55.7 cm Sesson Shukei (1504-1589) was a Japanese Zen monk and painter from the Muromachi period. He was born a member of the Satake clan but left after being disinherited by his father and was inducted as a monk at Shoso-ji temple, the Satake bodaiji. Sesson was a master of ink painting, ranked with Sesshu Toyo, one of the greatest painters in Japanese history, and worked in a dramatic style that generally accentuated idiosyncrasy, humor, and exaggeration in his approach to subjects, whether figural or landscape. Museum comparison: Compare a related painting of Myna birds attacking an owl, by Sesson Shukei, in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), New York, accession no. 29.100.353.
Galerie Zacke
Sep. 07, 2023
SESSON SHUKEI: A SCROLL PAINTING OF FUKUROKUJU
Est: €500 - €1,000
SESSON SHUKEI: A SCROLL PAINTING OF FUKUROKUJU School of Sesson Shukei (1504-1589), signed Sesson Shukei with one seal Japan, 17th-18th century, early Edo period (1615-1868) Finely painted in ink on paper, with a silk brocade frame and mounted as a hanging scroll, depicting the lucky god Fukurokuju holding with both hands a small scroll to his head, his mouth obscured but the eyes at least seemingly betraying an unusually serious expression, his cowl and wide sleeves rendered with bold, dynamic brushstrokes, the brows and beard are painted with dense brushwork, his nostril hairs with short lines, and the contours and wrinkles of his face with dynamic brushstrokes. SIZE 110 x 50 cm (image) and 190 x 70 cm (total) Condition: Good condition with old wear, creasing, soiling, Provenance: German private collection. Sesson Shukei (1504-1589) was a Japanese Zen monk and painter from the Muromachi period. He was born a member of the Satake clan, but left after being disinherited by his father and was inducted as a monk at Shoso-ji temple, the Satake bodaiji. Sesson was a master of ink painting, ranked with Sesshu Toyo, one of the greatest painters in Japanese history, and worked in a dramatic style that generally accentuated idiosyncrasy, humor, and exaggeration in his approach to subjects, whether figural or landscape. Museum comparison: Compare a related painting of Jurojin by Sesson Shukei, 136.5 x 70.6 cm, in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, accession number F2015.6a-d. Also compare to a closely related painting of Daruma, School of Sesson Shukei, dated 17th-18th century, in the British Museum, accession no. 1913,0501,0.109.
Galerie Zacke
Jun. 29, 2023
JAPANESE SCHOOL, FOLLOWER OF SESSON SHUKEI 雪村周継 (1504 – C. 1589): 'TWO IMMORTALS', INK AND COLOUR ON PAPER
Est: €300 - €600
Dim.: 148 x 42,5 cm (the scroll) Dim.: 142 x 39 cm (the work)
Rob Michiels Auctions
Sep. 21, 2022
SESSON SHŪKEI (CIRCA 1492-1577) Dragon in CloudsMuromachi period (1333-1573), mid-16th century
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
SESSON SHŪKEI (CIRCA 1492-1577) Dragon in Clouds Muromachi period (1333-1573), mid-16th century A hanging scroll, ink and slight colors on paper, depicting a dragon in clouds, square intaglio seal Sesson 14 5/8 x 22 5/8in (37.2 x 57.5cm) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Nov. 04, 2021
Sesson Shukei (1504-1589), Jap
Est: -
Sesson Shukei (1504-1589), Japan (Muromachi period), Fukurokuju, ink on paper, roll ends of bone, 191 x 70 cm
Historia Auctionata
May. 15, 2021
Sesson Shukei
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
Sesson Shukei 1504 Ibaraki - 1589 Iwashiro Darstellung des Glücksgottes Fukurokuju. Tusche auf Papier, Knickfalten, partiell Farbverlust. Bezeichnet unten rechts. 110 x 50 cm (Bildmaß), 190 x 70 cm (Rolle gesamt)
Auktionshaus Dr. Fischer
Sep. 24, 2020
SESSON SHUKEI (1504-1589)
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
SESSON SHUKEI (1504-1589) One-petal Kannon (The Bodhisattva Kannon Crossing the Seat on a Lotus... 28 ½ x 14 in. (72.4 x 35.6 cm.)
Christie's
Sep. 14, 2011
Attributed to Sesson Shukei (1504-1589?)
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Attributed to Sesson Shukei (1504-1589?) White-robed Kannon Sealed Yuki and Shukei Hanging scroll; ink on paper 34 5/8 x 11 7/8in. (88 x 30cm.) With authentication card by Kano Yasunobu (1613-1685)
Christie's
Jun. 17, 2011
MANNER OF SESSON SHUKEI (Japanese, 1504-1589). Riverscape, ink and color on paper, mounted on six-fold screen, bears signature and seal
Est: $400 - $600
MANNER OF SESSON SHUKEI (Japanese, 1504-1589). Riverscape, ink and color on paper, mounted on six-fold screen, bears signature and seal - Each panel: 47 in. x 18 3/4 in.
Sloans & Kenyon
Mar. 17, 2009
Sesson Shukei (1504-1589?)
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
Sesson Shukei (1504-1589?) Herons and roses Signed Sesson, sealed Sesson and Shukei Sesson Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper 34½ x 16 7/8in. (87.6 x 43cm.)
Christie's
Sep. 18, 2002
SESSON SHUKEI (1504-1589?)
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
Landscape Signed Kei Sesson hitsu and sealed Sesson and Shukei Hanging scroll; ink on paper 29 1/2 x 11 3/8 in. (75 x 29 cm.) NOTES PUBLISHED: Eto Shun, Sesson Shukei zengashu (Complete paintings of Sesson Shukei) (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1982), pl. 81.
Christie's