526. Japanese School (19th Century)

An elaborate scene from the "Tale of Three Kingdoms", a sketch after the Chinese style by a Japanese artist working in Osaka, for a scroll, circa 1795-1810.
Watercolor on fifteen sheets of paper affixed together at edges, unframed.
50" x 23".

400/600     

Note poetry written in several areas of the background.

Provenance: 19th Century Japanese private collection, collection of Joseph Hermann, currently held in a private collection. This is a preliminary work commissioned for a private client.

Condition: Folded, surface soils, edges worn and creased, some worming and discolorations to paper, some paper losses in most worn spots.