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Takeuchi, Seihô 竹内　栖鳳 (1864 - 1942)

Narashiuma (馴馬) - Tame (tethered) horse

Signed:	Seihô sha
Sealed:	Seihô ga in
Date:	c. 1906
Size:	195 x 54.2 cms (mounting) 110.5 x 42.3 cms (painting) 77 x 21 inch (mounting) 43 x 17 inch (painting)
Technique:	sumi on silk
Condition:	Chûberi (middle part) of brown&gold silk brocade (in a pattern of Seihô's best-known-seal), top and bottom of beige silk, beige&gold ichimonji and futai. Bone rollers, fitted double wooden box, titled and authenticated by an (as yet) unidentified artist. Small repair in the top part of the mounting. Very good/fine overall condition. Ex Robert O. Muller collection.
Price:	SOLD Euro
Literature:	Seihô is in all the books about 20th century Japanese painting. Both seal and signature point at a date around 1906, Seihô's best artistic period. See Professor Harada Heisaku's book "Takeuchi Seihoo".
Signature:	See signature
Detail:	See detail
Mounting:	See mounting