Lot 373: KISHI GANTAI (1782-1865) Edo period (1615-1868),

KISHI GANTAI (1782-1865) Edo period (1615-1868), early/mid 19th century A two-panel folding screen, ink, kirihaku and colour on silk, decorated with a landscape scene of two rabbits leaping among young pine and warabi within undulating hills, signed Echizen no kami Gantai jinen hachijuni (Honorary Governor of Echizen, Gantai, aged 82) with seal Gantai; with wood storage box inscribed Gantai hitsu, gokusaishoku wakamatsu ni usagi, hachijunisai hitsu (Colourful painting of young pine and rabbits, painted by Gantai, aged 82). 71cm x 192cm (28in x 75 5/8in). (2).