Live Auction 5527Japanese Art and Design
AN EMBROIDERED PICTURE OF A LION
Lot 476

AN EMBROIDERED PICTURE OF A LION

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

Closed10 November 2010

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GBP 1,250

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AN EMBROIDERED PICTURE OF A LION
Meiji Period (late 19th century)
UNSIGNED, AFTER KATO
Embroidered with a watchful lion lying in long grass
23 x 15in. (59 x 38cm.)
unmarked

Specialist note

See Lot 161, May 13, 2009, for an embroidery of the same subject, signed Kato. Kato Rihei (1847-1986) came from a silk merchant family in Owari province, now called Aichi Prefecture. He carried out commissions for the Imperial Household during the Meiji period (1868-1912).