Hasegawa Gyokuho (1822-1879) - White snake and plantain
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PRICE : $1100
Item Number : 847221
ARTIST : Hasegawa Gyokuho (1822-1879) was born in Kyoto and trained in the Shijo manner by Matsumura Keibun. He was known as a painter of birds and flowers and also figures. His works are held in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston as well as the Ashmolean, Metropolitan and Victorian Museums. See Roberts, A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. p.35
AGE : Meiji
SIZE : The scroll measures 21.5
DESCRIPTION : The white snake is revered as a symbol of good fortune in Japan, and interestingly here Gyokuho has combined it with a plantain; representative of impermanence and vulnerability. The snake is also the sixth animal of the zodiac cycle and closely related to the serpentine dragon. The scroll is contained within an annotated storage box which bears the title Gyokuho Basho ni Shirohebi or 'White snake in a plantain'. The inside of the box reads 'written by Chikuso' though we are unaware of the identity of the author.
TECHNIQUE : Color and gofun on silk
CONDITION : The work is in good to very good condition. There are slight losses of gofun to the snake.
