Description DARUMA AND A BEAUTY', AFTER HANABUSA ITCHOJapan, 19th century, late Edo period (1615-1868). Ink and watercolor on silk, with a fabric coated paper frame and mounted as a hanging scroll with Bakelite handles. Depicting daruma seated and enveloped in a red robe, a beauty seated next to him and offering him a pipe. Signature/inscription and seal at the right side. With a carton box.Condition: Good condition with minor wear and minimal soiling. The painting with a small restoration to the lower side. Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world's leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts.Dimensions: Image size 29 x 35 cm, Size incl. mounting 111.5 x 50.5 cmHanabusa Itchō(1652-1724) was a Japanese painter, calligrapher, and haiku poet. He originally trained in the Kanō style, under Kanō Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati (bunjin). He was also known as Hishikawa Waō and by several other names.Auction result comparison: For another painting after Hanabusa Itcho see Bonhams New York, in Fine Japanese Works of Art, including selections from the collection of Ruth and Carl Barron on 16 September 2014, lot 2029,sold for USD 3,750.