Kingfisher on a Branch

Name: Kingfisher on a Branch
SKU: 5625
Price: 190.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Kakemono, unique work, with box, 199 x 67 cm

Product number: 5625

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Details about the sold piece

Height 199 cm
Width 67 cm
Item Type Kakemono
Jikusaki Wood
Material Honshi Paper
Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
Technique Hand-Painted
Unique Work Yes
Wooden Box Yes

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Description

A kingfisher looks down head-first from its perch on a weathered wooden post, as if it had just spotted something in the water. The delicate green and beige tones of its plumage are rendered with a confident hand, lending the bird an almost lifelike presence.

This kakemono was hand-painted on paper during the Shôwa period, and the jikusaki is made of wood. The hanging scroll is delivered in a matching wooden box, which offers the work additional protection.

The kingfisher is one of the most popular motifs in Japanese bird painting and symbolizes skill and concentration. With its reduced yet extremely precise visual language, this hand-painted unique work is excellently suited for collectors who are enthusiastic about the fine powers of observation in Japanese nature painting and are looking for an expressive bird motif.

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Why does the date of creation sometimes not match the artist's dates

Because the two pieces of information speak about different things: the period designation describes the object – support, colors, condition – while the signature reflects which name appears on the painting. In most cases there is no attempt at deception behind this, but rather Japanese painting training: copying from workshop models was the curriculum for centuries, an utsushi is regarded as a bow to the teacher, workshops signed with the master's name, and artist names were passed down within a school. Such a hanging scroll is therefore not a forgery, but a hand-painted one-of-a-kind that continues the formal language of its school – just not the work of the famous name, and priced accordingly. We explain this in detail in the guide Why does a kakemono often bear the signature of an artist long deceased?.

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