LOT DETAILS

Materials:

ink on paper

Measurements:

33.23 in. (84.40 cm.) (height) by 15.24 in. (38.70 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

nscribed at right: Daito Shuho Kokushi Goyo Ryuho monkyaku Tokai Ikkyu-ro no shi tomo ni ga ippitsu ??????????????????????? (Old Man Tokai Ikkyu, guest of Daito Shuho Kokushi Goyo Ryuho, offered this poem and painting from the same brush); Inscribed above with a Chinese poem: ????????????????????????????????(The fragrance of Qu's orchid passes from generation to generation / the verses chanted by this poet of Chu were wide and deep / the waters of the Xiang River ignored his words and blocked its ears to them / but they spread the scent of spring over the waters of Miluo)

Provenance:

Kataoka Family Collection, until 1926,Takashi Yanagi, Kyoto,The Estate of George Gund III (1937-2013), from 1992