| Artist | Unidentified/unread |
| Title | "Bat Against Full Moon" (given name) |
| Date | Late-Edo to early-Meiji period, ca1840's/1860's. |
| Image Size | Painting size: 6 1/8 x 8 1/8. |
| Technique | Painting itself is of black and grey "sumi" inks on tan paper. |
| Mounting Size | Entire "kakejiku" (hanging scroll) is 8 1/8 x 49 overall. |
| Mounting Details | Tanish paper (artwork) mounted on dark green cloud-patterned silk; shiny gold-patterned gold silk "ichimonji" brocade top/bottom; dark brown wood end-pieced bottom roller. |
| Condition | Very Good to Nearly Excellent. (Small marks scattered along right edge; light wear/soiling. Overall quite clean. Minimal wrinkling--hangs nicely.) |
| Comments | A delightfully rendered "sumi-e" painting of a black bat seen flying against a full moon--nicely mounted as a hanging
scroll. A unique, truly one-of-a-kind artwork. Stored inside original Japanese hand-made wooden box.
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| Item # | BG-247 |
| Price | $1100 |