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- Mamezo Hotei (Hotei in the Guise of a Street Performer)
Hakuin Ekaku
Mamezo Hotei (Hotei in the Guise of a Street Performer)
Estimate: -1 - -1 USD
Price realised: 6.000 USD
Price realised: 6.000 USD
Description
Mamezo Hotei (Hotei in the Guise of a Street Performer)
Edo period (1615-1868), mid-18th century
Hanging scroll, ink on paper; depicting Hotei standing on his bag and wearing a happy expression as he balances a pole in his teeth, inscribed In front of the Imperial Palace a seven-year-old maiden serves sake, with succession seal and two further seals, one reading Hakuin
With a wood tomobako storage box inscribed and authenticated by Yamakawa Koichi (1902-1977), the economist and prominent scholar of Zen painting
43 3/4 x 10 13/8in (111.3 x 26.5cm)
John Stevens Collection
Edo period (1615-1868), mid-18th century
Hanging scroll, ink on paper; depicting Hotei standing on his bag and wearing a happy expression as he balances a pole in his teeth, inscribed In front of the Imperial Palace a seven-year-old maiden serves sake, with succession seal and two further seals, one reading Hakuin
With a wood tomobako storage box inscribed and authenticated by Yamakawa Koichi (1902-1977), the economist and prominent scholar of Zen painting
43 3/4 x 10 13/8in (111.3 x 26.5cm)
John Stevens Collection