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Ueda Tangai (1863-1939) & Hakuun
Nanga / sometsuke
Set of 2 futatsu meshiwan, Covered rice bowls - Matsu, pine
Signed: Tangai sha
Seals: Hakuun
Technique: Kyoyaki sometsuke, porcelain with a cobalt blue underglaze decoration Ø 10,7 x 5.5 (9.5 x 2.5)
Condition: fine

The inscription reads: 朝鶴聲琴 Chô kaku koe kin. The voice of the crane in the morning sounds like a koto

Ueda Tangai was a Nanga painter from Kyoto. In his early youth he studied painting under Kaziyama Kyuko (1814-1870) in Tokyo.

Reference:
Araki p. 366

Price: ON REQUEST