Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk in modern silk mounts by Paul Maruyama/Wills (1991), with ceramic jikusaki (roller ends) decorated with maple and cherry in enamels echoing the motifs on the kimono: A sumptuously dressed young woman seated under a blossoming cherry tree, her obi decorated with stylised hō-ō bird motifs, the lower part of her kimono with plum blossoms and maple leaves, the red under-kimono with cherry blossoms, her hair ornaments of horn; modern wood storage box
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk in modern silk mounts by Paul Maruyama/Wills (1991), with ceramic jikusaki (roller ends) decorated with maple and cherry in enamels echoing the motifs on the kimono: A sumptuously dressed young woman seated under a blossoming cherry tree, her obi decorated with stylised hō-ō bird motifs, the lower part of her kimono with plum blossoms and maple leaves, the red under-kimono with cherry blossoms, her hair ornaments of horn; modern wood storage box
70.5 x 18.9 in (179.0 x 48.0 cm)
Estimate: £ 12,000 - 15,000
€ 14,000 - 17,000
Auction: 82 days
Bonhams London, New Bond Street
City: Online, London, New Bond Street
Auction: Nov 11, 2025 12:00 PM
Auction number: 31695
Auction name: Beauties, Beasts and Blossoms: an Important London Private Collection of Japanese Paintings