Parallel Lives

A Rare Painted Wooden Battledore
with Mt. Horai Decor

蓬莱山 紋畫木 羽子板

by Sakai Dōitsu
酒井道一 (1846-1913)

Length: 54.5 cm. (21 1/2 in.)
Width: 20.5 cm. (8 1/8 in.)
Thickness 2.0 cm. ((1/2 in.)

Late 19th-early 20th century A.D.

Signed: “Uge Dōitsu hitu”「雨華道一 筆」
”Painted by Dōitsu called Uge.”
Seal: Uge 「雨華」
Seal on the reverse: Uge Dōitsu「雨華道一」

Black Qilian Limestone
Scholar’s Rock
黑祁连供石

Length:53.5 cm (21 in.)
Height: 37.5 cm. ( 14 3/4 in.)
Depth:22.2 cm. (8 3/4 in.)

Stand: Jiangnan style; 20th century

Fanyin Tuoluo (a.k.a. Yintuoluo)
梵因陀羅
(14th century)

“Chuanzi and Jiashan”

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
57.4 x 29.1 cm. (22 5/8 x 11 1/2 in.)

Artist’s seals:
Shamen Fanyin (“The Buddhist Monk Fanyin”); Renyan tungli taohuaruan, weibi renjian yu cizhi (“People say in the Immortal’s grottos peach blossoms bloom in warm spring; it is not likely that such branches exist in our world too”)

Published:
Ebine Toshio: Gendai Doshaku Jimbutsu Ga (“Buddhist and Taoist Figure Painting of the Yuan Dynasty”), Tokyo National Museum, 1975, cat. 31.
Kawakami Kei: Ryokai, Indara (“Liang Kai, Yintuoluo”), Suiboku Bijutsu Taikei, vol. IV, Kodansha, Tokyo, 1975, pl. 111.

Anonymous 無款
(14th-15th century)

“Riverside Village”

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
23.1 x 18.7 cm. (9 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.)

Anonymous 無款
(15th century)

“Ducks in Reeds”

Hanging scroll, ink on silk
130.5 x 69.0 cm. (51 3/8 x 27 1/4 in.)

Collectors seals:
Two, both illegible

Ding Wenxian [Ting Wen-hsien] 丁文暹
(active mid-15th century)

“Mandarin Ducks and Sparrow under Willow”

Hanging scroll, ink on silk
152.5 x 62.0 cm. (60 x 24 1/2 in.)

Inscription:
“Wenxian painted this for Yidao.”

Artist’s seal:
Zhupo caotang (“grass hut of Zhupo” [Ding Wenxian])

Ding Wenxian [Ting Wen-hsien]
傅丁文暹
(active mid-15th century), attributed

“Landscapes” 山水圖

Pair of hanging scrolls, ink and color on silk
Each 41.1 x 65.6 cm. (16 1/4 x 25 7/8 in.)

Seals: Two, illegible

Anonymous 無款
(early 15th century)

“Sakyamuni and Laozi at the Hangu Pass”

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
131.8 x 73.0 cm. (51 3/4 x 28 3/4 in.)