Japanese Works of Art - 21 May 2019
A JAPANESE OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS IN YOGA STYLE DATED 1888 Depicting two beauties standing at a...
A JAPANESE OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS IN YOGA STYLE
DATED 1888
Depicting two beauties standing at a temple gate and observing two doves before them, one holding a small paper umbrella to protect them from the sun, the walls of the gate behind them richly decorated with wood carvings, signed 'Ando C., Tokio Japan, 1888' and framed, 63cm x 49.5cm.
Provenance: a Scottish private collection, acquired in the early 20th c.