24th Jul, 2025 11:00
Three-Day Auction: Asian Art Discoveries
597
MARUYAMA OKYO: FALCON ON A GNARLED PINE
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Attributed to Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), signed Okyo with seal Gosoan in
Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Ink and watercolors on silk. Mounted as a hanging scroll within a silk brocade frame with ivory jikusaki (roller ends). Finely painted with a keen-eyed falcon perched on a gnarled pine trunk, gazing intensely into the distance as if targeting its prey.
Inscriptions: To the bottom left, signed Okyo 應舉 (応挙) with seal Gosoan in 後素庵印.
Image SIZE 100.5 x 42.5 cm, SIZE incl. mounting 189 x 55.7 cm
Condition: Very good condition with wear, small stains, and minor soiling. Few creases with associated flaking and touchups. The mounting is in excellent condition.
Important notice: Please note that we will need to remove the ivory roller ends before shipping / handing over the item. The roller ends are not part of this offer.
With a wood tomobako (storage box).
Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), from present-day Kameoka, Kyoto, was a student at the Kano school of painting. He gained much renown after his first commission, the Seven Misfortunes and Seven Fortunes. As his public image grew, Okyo founded his own school in Kyoto, the Maruyama school of painting, dedicated to his style of blending Western naturalism with Eastern decorative designs. He taught his students to rely on nature to render images in a realistic picture of light, shadow, and forms. The school grew popular, and branches soon appeared in other locations, including Osaka. Much of the school's work is today preserved at Daijo-ji, a temple in Kasumi. Noteworthy pupils include Okyo's son, Maruyama Ozui, Nagasawa Rosetsu, and Matsumura Goshun.
Auction comparison:
Compare a closely related painting of a falcon on a plum tree, by Maruyama Okyo, at Mainichi Auction, Paintings, Prints and Sculpture, 4 July 2015, Tokyo, lot 45 (sold for JPY 2,600,000 or approx. EUR 18,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).
Attributed to Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), signed Okyo with seal Gosoan in
Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Ink and watercolors on silk. Mounted as a hanging scroll within a silk brocade frame with ivory jikusaki (roller ends). Finely painted with a keen-eyed falcon perched on a gnarled pine trunk, gazing intensely into the distance as if targeting its prey.
Inscriptions: To the bottom left, signed Okyo 應舉 (応挙) with seal Gosoan in 後素庵印.
Image SIZE 100.5 x 42.5 cm, SIZE incl. mounting 189 x 55.7 cm
Condition: Very good condition with wear, small stains, and minor soiling. Few creases with associated flaking and touchups. The mounting is in excellent condition.
Important notice: Please note that we will need to remove the ivory roller ends before shipping / handing over the item. The roller ends are not part of this offer.
With a wood tomobako (storage box).
Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), from present-day Kameoka, Kyoto, was a student at the Kano school of painting. He gained much renown after his first commission, the Seven Misfortunes and Seven Fortunes. As his public image grew, Okyo founded his own school in Kyoto, the Maruyama school of painting, dedicated to his style of blending Western naturalism with Eastern decorative designs. He taught his students to rely on nature to render images in a realistic picture of light, shadow, and forms. The school grew popular, and branches soon appeared in other locations, including Osaka. Much of the school's work is today preserved at Daijo-ji, a temple in Kasumi. Noteworthy pupils include Okyo's son, Maruyama Ozui, Nagasawa Rosetsu, and Matsumura Goshun.
Auction comparison:
Compare a closely related painting of a falcon on a plum tree, by Maruyama Okyo, at Mainichi Auction, Paintings, Prints and Sculpture, 4 July 2015, Tokyo, lot 45 (sold for JPY 2,600,000 or approx. EUR 18,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).
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