Hanging Scroll
1883 (made)
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Scene of tortoises climbing a rock under bamboo and flowering plum plum-blossom. One of a pair of with E.2950-1934, which depicts cranes under a pine tree. Both scrolls are signed 'Kishinami Riukei' and dated '20th year of cycle'. This cyclical date probably corresponds to 1823.'
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Materials and techniques | Painting, ink and colours on paper |
Brief description | Group on tortoises, bamboo and flowering prunus, Kishinami Ryukei 岸浪柳渓 (1855-1935), hanging scroll, ink and colours on paper, Japan, 1883. |
Physical description | Scene of tortoises climbing a rock under bamboo and flowering plum plum-blossom. One of a pair of with E.2950-1934, which depicts cranes under a pine tree. Both scrolls are signed 'Kishinami Riukei' and dated '20th year of cycle'. This cyclical date probably corresponds to 1823.' |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Kishinami Riukei'; '20th year of cycle (1823?).' (Signed and dated. ) |
Credit line | Bequeathed by T. B.Clarke-Thornhill. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935 |
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Accession number | E.2949-1934 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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