Scroll Painting: "Kingfisher"

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Artist Unidentified/unread
Title "Kingfisher" (given name)
Date Late Meiji to early-Showa period, ca1900/30's (painting may be older and re-mounted?).
Image Size Painting size: 12 x 47 3/4.
Technique Painting itself is "sumi-ink" of 3 colors on paper.
Mounting Size Entire "kakejiku" (hanging scroll) is 16 3/4 x 77 overall.
Mounting Details Paper (artwork) mounted on green-patterned paper; narrow green-patterned silk "ichimonji" brocade top/bottom; lacquered dark brown wooden end-pieces.
Condition Good+++.
(A fairly non-obtrusive area of repair to top artwork area; few minor marks/wear. Overall, quite clean. Some minor curling, typical of scroll mounts.)
Comments An eye-catching "sumi-e" painting of a little kingfisher, perched attentively atop a snag--nicely mounted as a hanging scroll. A unique, truly one-of-a-kind artwork.
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Item # BG-529
Price $425 (Reserved/TW)