Lot 91: NAGASAWA ROSETSU 長沢蘆雪 (1754-1799) LI BO VIEWING A WATERFALL AND DU FU IN CO

NAGASAWA ROSETSU 長沢蘆雪 (1754-1799) LI BO VIEWING A WATERFALL AND DU FU IN CONTEMPLATION Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century Pair of kakejiku (hanging scrolls), ink and colours on silk in silk mounts, the right-hand scroll depicting the Chinese poet Du Fu seated in a pavilion set in a mountain landscape, the left-hand scroll depicting the Chinese poet Li Bo contemplating a waterfall; ivory jiku (roller ends) Each signed Rosetsu sha 蘆雪寫 (Drawn by Rosetsu) with seal Nagasawa Gyo 長澤魚 Wood tomobako (storage box) inscribed outside Nagasawa Rosetsu shinseki kanbaku no zu sōfuku 長澤蘆雪真蹟觀瀑之圖 雙幅 (Pair of scrolls with pictures of [poets] contemplating waterfalls, true work of Nagaswa Rosetsu), inscribed inside with an attestation by the painter Kuroda Seiki (1866-1924) dated 1923 Each overall: 194.5 x 60cm (76½ x 23 5/8in.) Image: 100 x 39.7cm (39 3/8 x 15 5/8in.) (3).

Provenance: Ōki family of Hiroshima, by repute