Lot 116: TSUBAKI CHINZAN 椿椿山 (1801-1854) MEJIRO (JAPANESE WHITE-EYE) ON BRANCH Edo p

TSUBAKI CHINZAN 椿椿山 (1801-1854) MEJIRO (JAPANESE WHITE-EYE) ON BRANCH Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk in silk mounts, depicting a mejiro (Japanese white-eye) perched on the branch of a tree; ivory jiku (roller ends) Signed Chinzan ga 椿山画 (Painted by Chinzan) with seals Tsubaki 椿 and Kyūan 休庵 Wood tomobako storage box inset with an inscription by a pupil of Chinzan cut from an earlier box: Chinzan Tsubaki sensei kakin shinseki 椿山椿先生花禽真蹟 (A genuine bird-and-flower-piece by Master Chinzan Tsubaki). With an attestation dated 1941 Overall: 203.2 x 55cm (80 x 21 5/8in.) Image: 95.6 x 33.2cm (37 5/8 x 13 1/8in.) (3).