White Heron
Sold – no longer available
This piece was a handmade one-of-a-kind work. It cannot be reordered and will never exist in this form again. The page stays online as part of our archive.
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Details about the sold piece
- Height 78 cm
- Width 28 cm
- Item Type Kakemono
- Jikusaki Sculpture
- Material Honshi Paper
- Period of Creation Edo (1603–1868)
- Technique Hand-Painted
- Unique Work Yes
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Description
Perched on a gnarled branch suggested by only a few tones of ink sits a white heron, its delicate form standing out only faintly against the yellowed paper ground. The long, elegantly curved neck and pointed beak are worked out in fine lines and lend the bird, despite the heavily faded colors, a calm and graceful presence.
The painting dates from the late Edo or early Meiji period and shows clear, age-related wear as well as discoloration of the paper, testifying to its long history. The existing mounting was evidently added at a later time in an unprofessional manner and does not do justice to the quality of the actual painting; we therefore recommend that interested collectors remove the picture field from the mounting and instead present it in a classic picture frame.
The heron was painted by hand on paper, and the scroll has jikusaki made of plastic. Despite the visible signs of aging, this work remains a graceful testament to earlier Japanese bird painting.
