Name: Shikikacho-gakan
Feature: Japanese Antique Book, Scroll, with Birds and Flowers, Rare
Author: Unkoku Sekko 雲谷雪貢
Date of production: 1750～1850
About this book:
This is a scroll with flowers and birds, measuring 31 cm in length and 10 metres in width. At the end of the painting is the stamp of the author, 雪貢‘Sekko’. The scroll comes with an Edo period certificate of authenticity, stating that it was painted by 雲谷雪貢‘Unkoku Sekko’, a painter of the ‘Unkoku school’, a school popular in the 1600s with a somewhat Chinese style of painting, but the identity of ‘Sekko’ is unknown. The lines are sharp and the colours are vivid and gorgeous. There are some creases, ink marks and minor peeling in some areas.
Size: 32×1020cm（12.6 ×401 inch）
Condition: Some ink marks, light staining and dulling to illustrations, some creasing, and some surface skin peeling.
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