Lot 105: IKE TAIGA 池大雅 (1723-1776) BAMBOO AND POEM BY DU FU Edo period (1615-1868),

IKE TAIGA 池大雅 (1723-1776) BAMBOO AND POEM BY DU FU Edo period (1615-1868), mid-18th century Pair of kakejiku (hanging scrolls), ink on paper in silk mounts, the righthand scroll depicting a vertical stem of bamboo with an inscription Sen no tenohira ni tsuyu o ukeru 仙掌承露 (Receiving dew in the spirit hand); the left-hand scroll with ten characters from a Chinese poem by Du Fu: 嶺猿霜外宿江鳥夜深飛 (see below for translation); wood jiku (roller ends) The right-hand scroll with six seals, the first at top right unread, the others reading Shinnei Ike-shi 深濘池氏, Mumei (Arina) 無名, Kyūka Sanjin 九霞山人, Ike Mumei (Arina) in 池無名印 and Junsei 遵生; the left-hand scroll signed Kashō 霞樵 with three seals Junsei 遵生, Kyūka Sanjin 九霞山人 and Ike Mumei (Arina) in 池無名印 With modern wood storage box and outer cardboard slipcase Each overall: 210 x 81.2cm (82 5/8 x 31 7/8in.) Image: 130.2 x 58cm (51¼ x 22 7/8in.) (4).