Japanese School (Edo/Meiji period) Still life study, an Orch...

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£40

Japanese School (Edo/Meiji period) Still life study, an Orchid inscribed with calligraphic script, watercolour and ink on paper, palimpsest studies to verso, 23cm x 17cm, (1); a pair of botanical studies, inscribed, pen and ink on paper, 23.5cm x 16.5cm, (2); another similar study, palimpsest figures to verso, watercolour and monochrome wash on paper, 34.5cm x 24cm, (1), [4] Provenance: 1) Ex Richard Lane Collection. Richard Lane (1926-2002), well-noted and regarded scholar of Japanese art and literature of the Edo period (1615-1868), who established a reputation as one of the leading experts on Ukiyo-e (''Images of the Floating World''). Later his strong ties to Hawaii, commencing with his appointment to the Honolulu Academy of Arts as Research Associate for Ukiyo-e in 1959, led to them in 2003, after Lane's death, acquiring a substantial collection of Japanese, Chinese and Korean paintings, prints and rare books from his estate. 2) The Honolulu Museum of Art (formerly the Honolulu Academy of Arts), until their de-acquisition of some portions of the collection in 2018.