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Hotei’s Sack and Staff, with Poem, late 17th century

Creator: Kōsen Shōton (Donge Dōnin)
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Kōsen Shōton (Donge Dōnin)
Hotei’s Sack and Staff, with Poem, late 17th century
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Overall Size 65 x 13½ in. (165 x 34.5 cm)
Image Size 34¾ x 9¾ in. (88.5 x 25 cm)
T-4518

The poem signed: Painted and inscribed for fun by Dōge Dōnin; seals at top right "The True Rinzai Tradition" and bottom left "Seal of Shōton" and "Kōsen"

Comes with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside "A vertical paper hanging scroll painting of Hotei’s treasure sack by Kōsen [Shōton], with a poem by the artist, [box] inscribed by Satsuki Fuyō", with seal Fuyō

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	Pre 18th Century
Creation Date:	Late 17th Century
Styles / Movements:	Asian Art
Incollect Reference #:	670410

Dimensions

W.	13.5 in;	H.	65 in;
W.	34.29 cm;	H.	165.1 cm;

Message from Seller:

Thomsen gallery, located in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, offers important Japanese paintings and works of art to collectors and museums worldwide. The gallery specializes in Japanese screens and scrolls; in early Japanese tea ceramics from the medieval through the Edo periods; in masterpieces of ikebana bamboo baskets; and in gold lacquer objects.