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Three Monkeys

$15,000.00

Item #

#16526

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Excellent

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Late Edo Period, 18th-19th Century

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Ink & pigment on paper

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Japanese

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painting 44" x 20-3/8" (112 x 52 cm), overall 79-1/2" x 28" (202 x 71 cm)

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Scroll

Price

$15,000.00

Late 18th or early 19th century Japanese painting of 3 monkeys by Mori Sosen. Mori Sosen was a Kano painter known for his nature studies of animals. He specialized in painting monkeys, and eventually changed his name to Saru, one meaning of which is Monkey.

猴子。森宗泽。江户(18 – 19世纪)。设色纸本立轴。质优。作者是18世纪末至19世纪的一位著名画家,擅长画猴,取艺名Saru,意即猴子。

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