Taiga

Lot 126: Chinese scholars enjoying a waterfall deep in the mountains

Name: Chinese scholars enjoying a waterfall deep in the mountains
Brand: Christie's
SKU: u813l2020i

Est: $15,000 USD - $20,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USMarch 18, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Ike Taiga (1723-1776)
Chinese scholars enjoying a waterfall deep in the mountains
Sealed Kasho and Ike Mumyo in; poem transcribed by Ito Tosho (1773-1804) signed Tosho kan, sealed Jichu and two other seals
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
44 1/8 x 11in. (112 x 28cm.)

Artist or Maker

Taiga

Provenance

Suga Reinosuke (1883-1971), Tokyo

PUBLISHED:
Kosugi Hoan, Tanaka Ichimatsu and Yamanaka Rankei, eds., Ike no Taiga sakuhinshu/The Works of Ike no Taiga (Tokyo: Chuokoron bijutsu shuppan, 1960), pl. 138.

Iijima Isamu and Suzuki Susumu, Taiga/Buson , vol. 12 of Suiboku bijutsu taikei (Collection of ink paintings) (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1973), pl. 30.

Notes

Ito Tosho transcribed the poem by the Tang poet Lu Tong (790-835).

Auction Details

Japanese And Korean Art

Christie's

March 18, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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