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An image of Bottle gourd and sickle moon by Kishi CHIKUDÔ

Kishi CHIKUDÔ

(Japan 1826–1897)

Title
Bottle gourd and sickle moon
Place of origin
Japan
Period
Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
Year
19th century
Media category
Painting
Materials used
hanging scroll; ink and colour on paper
Dimensions

99.8 x 34.1cm image; 203.0 x 47.0 x 52.5cm scroll [height x width x rod]

Signature & date
Signed l.l., in Japanese, ink [inscribed] "Chikudô Shôroku [and two artist's seals]". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1981
Accession number
7.1981
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (2)

Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981, Sydney, 1981, 97 (illus.). cat.no. 22

'Edo Painting Schools', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 243 (colour illus.).