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Mitsusada, Fujiwara 光貞 藤原 (1738 - 1806)

Moon and bat

Signed:	Tosa Fujiwara Mitsusada, Head of the Painting Bureau, Upper 4th Rank
Sealed:	Mitsusada no in
Date:	ca. 1805
Size:	133.5 x 66.8 cms (mounting) 38.3 x 55.7 cms (painting) 52 x 26 inch (mounting) 15 x 22 inch (painting)
Technique:	sumi and colours on silk
Condition:	Chûberi (middle part) of light brown silk brocade, top and bottom of pale blue silk. Dark-brown ichimonji and futai, black lacquer rollers. Titled, inscribed and dated wooden box: the box has suffered woodworm damage; it is dated Bunka 10 (1813), and is the oldest original box I have ever had. Probably the original mounting (again a very rare phenomenon), which is a bit brittle, but still serviceable. In spite of light mottling the painting is in overall good condition.
Price:	SOLD Euro
Literature:	Roberts p. 109 The signature and seal correspond to that on a painting of two quails in The British Museum. Also the signatures and seals are identical: 畫所預従四位上土佐守藤原光貞 - Edokoro-azukari juyon'i [no] jo Tosa-no-kami Fujiwara Mitsusada.
Signature:	See signature
Detail:	See detail
Mounting:	See mounting