Jun 07, 2018 - Sale 2481

Sale 2481 - Lot 115

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(JAPAN.) Tenpo era cartography scroll with 11 representations of Japan. Ink and watercolor on sheets of thin joined paper; woven silk terminal edge, mounted to a turned wooden dowel. 10 1/2x370 inches overall; later end tie, backed with thin tissue stabilizing each sheet, unobtrusive worm tracks. Housed in a tacked wooden box with partial label. Japan, circa 1830

Additional Details

The cartography on this fine scroll is skillfully repeated, but each map is differently hand-colored and described by the calligraphy text.