Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1829)

Tiger and peony; Chinese children playing

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Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1829)
Tiger and peony; Chinese children playing
Each signed Hoitsu hitsu and sealed Bunsen
Pair of two-panel screens; ink, color, gold and gold leaf on paper
49 3/8 x 66¾in. (125.3 x 169.2cm.) each approx. (2)

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Kumita Shohei and Nakamura Tanio, Sakai Hoitsu gashu (Collected paintings by Sakai Hoitsu) (Tokyo: Tosho kankokai, 1976), pls. 72, 98.
This pair of screens was originally the front and back of a freestanding single screen (tsuitate).

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