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Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942)  神坂雪佳
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Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942) 神坂雪佳

Momotaro “Peach Boy” ca. 1933

Hanging scroll ink and color on silk
102.5 x 36.0 cm. (40 3/8 x 14 1/4 in.)

Inscription:
“Painted by Sekka.”

Artist’s seal:
Sei-sei

Colophon on box:
“Painting of Momotaro, painted by Sekka.” Seal: Sekka

Recent provenance:
A kimono dealer, one of Sekka’s patrons

Published:
Kyoto Shoin: Kamasaka Sekka, 1981, pl. 42;
Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art and the Birmingham Museum of Art: Kamisaka Sekka, Rimpa
Master—Pioneer of Modern Design, 2003, cat. 217.

(see write up below)

Anonymous Korean (18th-19th century)  <br>朝鮮無款
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Anonymous Korean (18th-19th century)
朝鮮無款

“Landscape”

Hanging scroll, ink on woven paper
97.5 x 47.5 cm. (38 3/8 x 18 3/4 in.)

Published:
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum: Paintings of Korea’s Joseon Dynasty and Japan, 2008, cat. 193.

(see write up below)

Large Gold-and Silver Inlaid Bronze  <br>鍍金銅龍首頂飾
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Large Gold-and Silver Inlaid Bronze
鍍金銅龍首頂飾

Garment Hook

Length: 24.2 cm. (9 1/2 in.) 長 24.2 厘米
Width: 2.8 cm. (1 1/8 in.) 寬 2.8 厘米

Eastern Zhou dynasty 東周

5th-4th century B.C.

Provenance:
Formerly Wessén Collection, Stockholm
Recently, Japan

Published:
Jean-Pierre Dubosc, Arte Cinese—Chinese Art, Venice, 1954, no. 114.
Bernard Karlgren, “Bronzes in the Wessén Collection,” Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 30, Stockholm, 1958, pl. 33.
Bernard Karlgren, “Chinese Agraffes in Two Swedish Collections,” Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 38, Stockholm, 1966, pl. 39 (center).
Chūgoku Sengoku Jidai no Bijutsu (“Chinese Art of the Warring States Period”), Osaka, 1991, no. 172, p. 111.

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