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Bunchō Tani 文晁 谷 (1763 - 1840)

Moon and grasses

Signed:	Bunch�
Sealed:	unread
Date:	ca. 1830
Size:	189 x 39.2 cms (mounting) 105 x 37.3 cms (painting) 74 x 15 inch (mounting) 41 x 15 inch (painting)
Technique:	sumi and light colours on silk
Condition:	Ch�beri of blue silk brocade, top and bottom of beige silk. Beige&gold ichimonji and futai, black lacquer rollers, titled box. Very good overall condition. The grasses were painted by Kan� Tanshin Morimichi (狩野探信守道 - 1785-1835), 7th head of the Kajibashi Kano school, see Roberts, p. 178.
Price:	SOLD Euro
Literature:	Roberts, p. 10
Signature:	See signature
Detail:	See detail
Mounting:	See mounting