LOT 36  KANŌ SOSEN (1814 — 1897) Poet Libai at the Lushan Waterfall  

TA 5% Vat. KANŌ SOSEN (1814 — 1897) Poet Libai at the Lushan Waterfall Edo period, circa 1870s ...

TA 5% Vat. KANŌ SOSEN (1814 — 1897) Poet Libai at the Lushan Waterfall Edo period, circa 1870s A pair of Japanese hanging scroll paintings, kakejiku , ink and colour on silk, the left showing the Chinese poet Libai (Rihaku) (701 — 762) on a cliff edge accompanied by a pot of wine, admiring the Lushan (Rozan) waterfall depicted on the right scroll, with mist and spray rising up from the water to envelope the rock on which the poet is perched, each signed Kanō Sosen hitsu and sealed. Image each 122cm x 31cm; total 202cm x 44.5cm (2) Provenance: the Claudio Perino Collection, Turin, acquired mostly in Japan in early 2000s. Exhibited: MAO Museo d'Arte Orientale, Turin, and Mueo delle Culture, Lugano, March - June 2021. Literature: featured in the exhibition catalogue Kakemono, Five centiuries of Japanese painting. The Perino Collection , p. 189, no 175. Kanō Sosen can be associated with the later days of Kanō school, when a range of forms, styles and subject matter had been developed away from its earlier characteristic gold leaf and bold outlines. This pair of scrolls harks back to founder Kanō Masanobu’s (1434-1530) interest in Chinese idealist traditions and subject matter. Libai (701 – 762) was one of the most prolific and important literary figures of the Tang dynasty, known to enjoy his wine as much as composing poetry. This lot has been imported from outside the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission (TA) regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. Standard VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium. Buyers are invited to familiarise themselves with these rules prior to bidding.