Period:Unknown Production date:19thC (First half?)
Materials:silk
Technique:painted
Subjects:bijin
Dimensions:Height: 79.40 centimetres (mount) Height: 76.70 centimetres Width: 33.70 centimetres (mount) Width: 31.50 centimetres
Description:
Painting, hanging scroll. Chinese beauty, probably Yang Guifei, face partly seen through transparent gauze of fan, standing behind vase of large peonies on red lacquer stand. Ink and colour on silk. Signed and sealed.
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![图片[1]-painting; hanging scroll BM-1985-0615-0.3-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Paintings/mid_00229676_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-painting; hanging scroll BM-1985-0615-0.3-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Paintings/mid_00229728_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-painting; hanging scroll BM-1985-0615-0.3-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Paintings/mid_00231003_001.jpg)
Comments:Clark 1992 A Chinese beauty, probably Yang Guifei (see no. 72), her face partly seen through the transparent gauze of a fan, stands behind a vase of large peonies on a red lacquer stand. Nothing is known of the artist Utagawa Toyonaga. Elements of the style – particularly the face – are reminiscent of the Maruyama-Shijo school of Kyoto, though overall the work is thinly painted and the line is not particularly steady. The artist’s name suggests, of course, that he is a pupil of Toyokuni. For the time being he should simply be classified as a minor Utagawa pupil, probably working in the Kansai region. The seal implies that his ‘na’ (official name) was Kiyotaka.
Materials:silk
Technique:painted
Subjects:bijin
Dimensions:Height: 79.40 centimetres (mount) Height: 76.70 centimetres Width: 33.70 centimetres (mount) Width: 31.50 centimetres
Description:
Painting, hanging scroll. Chinese beauty, probably Yang Guifei, face partly seen through transparent gauze of fan, standing behind vase of large peonies on red lacquer stand. Ink and colour on silk. Signed and sealed.
IMG
Comments:Clark 1992 A Chinese beauty, probably Yang Guifei (see no. 72), her face partly seen through the transparent gauze of a fan, stands behind a vase of large peonies on a red lacquer stand. Nothing is known of the artist Utagawa Toyonaga. Elements of the style – particularly the face – are reminiscent of the Maruyama-Shijo school of Kyoto, though overall the work is thinly painted and the line is not particularly steady. The artist’s name suggests, of course, that he is a pupil of Toyokuni. For the time being he should simply be classified as a minor Utagawa pupil, probably working in the Kansai region. The seal implies that his ‘na’ (official name) was Kiyotaka.
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