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A KANO SCHOOL PAINTING OF A CHINESE LITERATI OBSERVING A HERON Japan, 17th-18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Ink on paper. Set inside a beautiful vintage frame, behind glass. Painted in fine strokes to depict an old man seated on a riverbank observing a heron perched on a gnarled branch on the other side of the stream. Image SIZE 28.5 x 41 cm, SIZE incl. frame 42.7 x 59.6 cm Condition: Good condition with minor wear, some smudges, few stains, creasing, and wormholes. Provenance: Japan Art - Galerie Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt, 1979. Ex-collection Teddy Hahn, Darmstadt, acquired from the above on 10 December 1979. A copy of the receipt, dated 10 December 1979, stating the value of the present lot to “DM 790”, accompanies this lot. Theodor “Teddy” Hahn was a well-known and respected collector of netsuke and other Asian works of art. After spending time in museums to study the early cultures of the world, finding particular interest in their sculptures, he began collecting, remarking, ‘I somehow knew it would have a profound influence on my life. How right I was. And how happy I have been.’
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A KANO SCHOOL PAINTING OF A CHINESE LITERATI OBSERVING A HERON Japan, 17th-18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Ink on paper. Set inside a beautiful vintage frame, behind glass. Painted in fine strokes to depict an old man seated on a riverbank observing a heron perched on a gnarled branch on the other side of the stream. Image SIZE 28.5 x 41 cm, SIZE incl. frame 42.7 x 59.6 cm Condition: Good condition with minor wear, some smudges, few stains, creasing, and wormholes. Provenance: Japan Art - Galerie Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt, 1979. Ex-collection Teddy Hahn, Darmstadt, acquired from the above on 10 December 1979. A copy of the receipt, dated 10 December 1979, stating the value of the present lot to “DM 790”, accompanies this lot. Theodor “Teddy” Hahn was a well-known and respected collector of netsuke and other Asian works of art. After spending time in museums to study the early cultures of the world, finding particular interest in their sculptures, he began collecting, remarking, ‘I somehow knew it would have a profound influence on my life. How right I was. And how happy I have been.’
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