LOT 53  SAKAI HŌITSU (1761 — 1828) A Bush Warbler, Uguisu  

TA 5% Vat. SAKAI HŌITSU (1761 — 1828) A Bush Warbler, Uguisu Japan, Edo period, 18th/19th cent...

TA 5% Vat. SAKAI HŌITSU (1761 — 1828) A Bush Warbler, Uguisu Japan, Edo period, 18th/19th century A Japanese hanging scroll painting, kakejiku , ink and colour on paper, a study of a small bird on a naked tree branch, signed Hōitsu and sealed Ōson to the lower left, boxed. Image 90cm x 26.6cm; total 173cm x 29cm (3) Provenance: the Claudio Perino Collection, Turin, acquired mostly in Japan in early 2000s. Exhibited: MAO Museo d'Arte Orientale, Turin, and MUSEC Museo delle Culture, Lugano, 2020 - 2022. Literature: the exhibition catalogue Kakemono, Five centiuries of Japanese painting. The Perino Collection , p.75, no 55. 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.