Artist
Konoshima Okoku(Japanese, 1877–1938)Japanese, 1877–1938
CultureJapanese
Titles
- Tigers
Date1902
MediumPair of six-panel gold-ground folding screens; ink, color, gofun, and gold leaf on paper
DimensionsOpen (each): 66 7/8 × 143 1/2 × 3/4 in. (169.9 × 364.5 × 1.9 cm)
Closed (each): 66 7/8 × 24 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (169.9 × 62.2 × 10.5 cm)
Closed (each): 66 7/8 × 24 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (169.9 × 62.2 × 10.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Sandra Tirey and Jan van Lohuizen
Object number2023.136.1,.2
Not on view
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Department
Asian ArtObject Type
Sold by Scholten Japanese Art, New York, 2002
Property from a private Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia collection, acquired from the above, January 29, 2002
Freeman’s Auction House, Philadelphia, Asian Arts, April 18th, 2023, lot 288
Exhibition HistoryN/A
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
.1: Recto: Inscribed in black at the lower center of the far right panel: Ōkoku zushi (Ōkoku made)
.2: Recto: Inscribed in black at the lower center of the far left panel: Mizunoe-tora natsu rokugetsu Okoko sei (year of the Tiger, Summer 1902)
.2: Recto: Inscribed in black at the lower center of the far left panel: Mizunoe-tora natsu rokugetsu Okoko sei (year of the Tiger, Summer 1902)
Each screen is marked with the artist's seal in red: Ōkoku
Each screen is marked with the artist's seal in red: Ōkoku
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