Lot 3160: Nishimura Goun (1877-1938): Chinese Scholars

Large six panel screen, ink, color, and gold on paper; depicting scholars in a garden setting, with, at right, a calligrapher practicing as scholars and attendants look on, at center, a scholar who reclines, eyes closed, before a writing table, with three large wine vessels arrayed nearby, and at left, a scholar seated on a garden rock while drinking tea; signed Goun with two seals. Dimensions 67 1/2 x 148in (171.5 x 375.9cm)